Βορυσθένης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Scythian.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Βορυσθένης • (Borusthénēs) m (genitive Βορυσθένους); third declension

  1. Borysthenes; Dnieper river

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Βορυσθένης; τοῦ Βορυσθένους (contracted, Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Βορυσθένης
ho Borusthénēs
Genitive τοῦ Βορυσθένους
toû Borusthénous
Dative τῷ Βορυσθένει
tōî Borusthénei
Accusative τὸν Βορυσθένη
tòn Borusthénē
Vocative Βορύσθενες
Borústhenes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Βορυσθένης (Vorysthénis)
  • → Latin: Borysthenes
    • → Ukrainian: Бористе́н (Borystén)
  • → Ukrainian: Борисфе́н (Borysfén)

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