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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Bonifātius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /βo.niˈɸa.ti.os/ → /vo.niˈfa.ti.os/
Proper noun
Βονῐφᾱ́τῐος • (Bonĭphā́tĭos) m (genitive Βονῐφᾱτῐ́ου); second declension
- Boniface
550s AD,
Procopius,
History of the Wars 3.1.14:
- Στρατηγὼ δύο Ῥωμαίων ἤστην, Ἀέτιός τε καὶ Βονιφάτιος, καρτερώ τε ὡς μάλιστα καὶ πολλῶν πολέμων ἐμπείρω τῶν γε κατ' ἐκεῖνον τὸν χρόνον οὐδενὸς ἧσσον.
- Stratēgṑ dúo Rhōmaíōn ḗstēn, Aétiós te kaì Boniphátios, karterṓ te hōs málista kaì pollôn polémōn empeírō tôn ge kat’ ekeînon tòn khrónon oudenòs hêsson.
- 1916 translation by H. B. Dewing
- There were two Roman generals, Aetius and Boniface, especially valiant men and in experience of many wars inferior to none of that time at least.
Declension