βουλευτής
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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.lewˈte̝s/
- (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 tôi bouleutêi |
τοῖν βουλευταῖν toîn bouleutaîn |
τοῖς βουλευταῖς toîs bouleutaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν βουλευτήν tòn bouleutḗn |
τὼ βουλευτᾱ́ tṑ bouleutā́ |
τοὺς βουλευτᾱ́ς toùs bouleutā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βουλευτᾰ́ bouleutá |
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 (2006–2024)
- “βουλευτής”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ 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
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
