Βούβαστις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian pr-bꜣstt, from pr (“house”) + bꜣstt (“Bastet”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Βούβαστις • (Boúbastis) f (genitive Βουβάστῐος); third declension

  1. Bubastis (a city in Egypt)
  2. (Egyptian mythology) Bastet: a goddess, Isis or her daughter, identified with Artemis by Herodotus
    • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.137:
      Ἡ δὲ Βούβαστις κατὰ Ἑλλάδα γλῶσσάν ἐστι Ἄρτεμις.
      Hē dè Boúbastis katà Helláda glôssán esti Ártemis.
      Bastet is Artemis in the Greek language
    • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.166

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Βούβᾰστῐς; τῆς Βουβᾰ́στῐος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Βούβᾰστῐς
hē Boúbăstĭs
Genitive τῆς Βουβᾰ́στῐος
tês Boubắstĭos
Dative τῇ Βουβᾰ́στῑ
tēî Boubắstī
Accusative τὴν Βούβᾰστῐν
tḕn Boúbăstĭn
Vocative Βούβᾰστῐ
Boúbăstĭ
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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