βωλίτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

βωλήτης (bōlḗtēs)

Etymology

According to Beekes, the original form βωλήτης (bōlḗtēs) was borrowed from Latin bōlētus, named after the town Boletum (present day Boltaña in Spain, famous for its mushrooms). βωλίτης was remodelled after its derivatives and borrowed back into Latin again by Pliny. The meaning of "root" is influenced by βῶλος (bôlos).^[1]

Perhaps cognate with Proto-Slavic *bъdla.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bɔː.lǐː.tɛːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /boˈli.te̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βoˈli.tis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /voˈli.tis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /voˈli.tis/

Noun

βωλῑ́της • (bōlī́tēs) m (genitive βωλῑ́του); first declension

mushroom, especially champignon (Agaricus bisporus)

Inflection

First declension of ὁ βωλῑ́της; τοῦ βωλῑ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βωλῑ́της ho bōlī́tēs	τὼ βωλῑ́τᾱ tṑ bōlī́tā	οἱ βωλῖται hoi bōlîtai
Genitive	τοῦ βωλῑ́του toû bōlī́tou	τοῖν βωλῑ́ταιν toîn bōlī́tain	τῶν βωλῑτῶν tôn bōlītôn
Dative	τῷ βωλῑ́τῃ tōî bōlī́tēi	τοῖν βωλῑ́ταιν toîn bōlī́tain	τοῖς βωλῑ́ταις toîs bōlī́tais
Accusative	τὸν βωλῑ́την tòn bōlī́tēn	τὼ βωλῑ́τᾱ tṑ bōlī́tā	τοὺς βωλῑ́τᾱς toùs bōlī́tās
Vocative	βωλῖτᾰ bōlîtă	βωλῑ́τᾱ bōlī́tā	βωλῖται bōlîtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βωλίτης”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 250