Βοιωτία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Βοιωτός (Boiōtós) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Βοιωτῐ́ᾱ • (Boiōtĭ́ā) f (genitive Βοιωτῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. Boeotia (a historical region in central Greece)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Βοιωτῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Βοιωτῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Βοιωτῐ́ᾱ
hē Boiōtĭ́ā
Genitive τῆς Βοιωτῐ́ᾱς
tês Boiōtĭ́ās
Dative τῇ Βοιωτῐ́ᾳ
tēî Boiōtĭ́āi
Accusative τὴν Βοιωτῐ́ᾱν
tḕn Boiōtĭ́ān
Vocative Βοιωτῐ́ᾱ
Boiōtĭ́ā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • English: Boeotia, Beotia
  • French: Béotie
  • Greek: Βοιωτία f (Voiotía)
  • Italian: Beozia
  • Portuguese: Beócia
  • Latin: Boeōtia

References

  • “Βοιωτία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Βοιωτία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004

Further reading

Greek

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Βοιωτία • (Voiotía) f

  1. Boeotia (a historical region and modern regional unit of the administrative region of Central Greece, Greece, formerly renowned for the French proverbially equating the residents with philistinism)

Declension

Declension of Βοιωτία
singular
nominative Βοιωτία (Voiotía)
genitive Βοιωτίας (Voiotías)
accusative Βοιωτία (Voiotía)
vocative Βοιωτία (Voiotía)

Further reading

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