Βούβαστις

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Ancient Greek

Βούβαστις

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bǔː.bas.tis/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.bas.tis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβu.βas.tis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvu.vas.tis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvu.vas.tis/

Proper noun

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

Bubastis (a city in Egypt)
(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 Boúbastis
Genitive	τῆς Βουβᾰ́στῐος tês Boubástios
Dative	τῇ Βουβᾰ́στῑ têi Boubástī
Accusative	τὴν Βούβᾰστῐν tḕn Boúbastin
Vocative	Βούβᾰστῐ Boúbasti
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

Βούβαστις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)

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