βουλευτής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
βουλεύω (bouleúō, “to deliberate”) + -τής (-tḗs).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /buː.leu̯.tɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /bu.leʍˈte̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βu.leɸˈtis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vu.lefˈtis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vu.lefˈtis/
Noun
βουλευτής • (bouleutḗs) m
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ βουλευτής ho bouleutḗs |
τὼ βουλευτᾱ́ tṑ bouleutā́ |
οἱ βουλευταί hoi bouleutaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βουλευτοῦ toû bouleutoû |
τοῖν βουλευταῖν toîn bouleutaîn |
τῶν βουλευτῶν tôn bouleutôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βουλευτῇ tōî bouleutēî |
τοῖν βουλευταῖν toîn bouleutaîn |
τοῖς βουλευταῖς toîs bouleutaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν βουλευτήν tòn bouleutḗn |
τὼ βουλευτᾱ́ tṑ bouleutā́ |
τοὺς βουλευτᾱ́ς toùs bouleutā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βουλευτᾰ́ bouleutắ |
βουλευτᾱ́ bouleutā́ |
βουλευταί bouleutaí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: βουλευτής (vouleftís)
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βούλομαι (> DER > βουλευτής”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 231
Further reading
- “βουλευτής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “βουλευτής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “βουλευτής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- βουλευτής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βουλευτής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- βουλευτής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- βουλευτής, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βουλευτής (bouleutḗs, “counsellor”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vu.leˈftis/
- Hyphenation: βου‧λευ‧τής
Noun
βουλευτής • (vouleftís) m or f (plural βουλευτές or βουλευτάδες, feminine βουλευτίνα)
Declension
For the masculine
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | βουλευτής (vouleftís) | βουλευτές (vouleftés) βουλευτάδες (vouleftádes) |
| genitive | βουλευτή (vouleftí) | βουλευτών (vouleftón) βουλευτάδων (vouleftádon) |
| accusative | βουλευτή (vouleftí) | βουλευτές (vouleftés) βουλευτάδες (vouleftádes) |
| vocative | βουλευτή (vouleftí) | βουλευτές (vouleftés) βουλευτάδες (vouleftádes) |
The second form of plural -άδες, colloquial, demotic, sometimes ironic.
Also, a dated or very formal masculine genitive singular του βουλευτού (tou vouleftoú) and vocative βουλευτά! (vouleftá!) as in the Ancient Greek declension.
For the feminine
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | βουλευτής (vouleftís) | βουλευτές (vouleftés) |
| genitive | βουλευτού (vouleftoú) | βουλευτών (vouleftón) |
| accusative | βουλευτή (vouleftí) | βουλευτές (vouleftés) |
| vocative | βουλευτή (vouleftí) | βουλευτές (vouleftés) |
See also the more modern of familiar form βουλευτίνα (vouleftína).
Related terms
- ευρωβουλευτής m or f (evrovouleftís, “member of the European Parliament”)
- and see: βουλή f (voulí, “parliament”)
Further reading
- βουλευτής on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el