Boeotia
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See also: Bœotia
English
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Etymology
From Latin Boeotia, from Ancient Greek Βοιωτία (Boiōtía).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Boeotia
- A district of Ancient Greece, formerly renowned for the French proverbially equating the residents with philistinism; now, a district in east Central Greece, situated on the peninsula, west of Euboea, north of Attica and Megaris, and east of Phocis. The present-day capital of the prefecture is Livadeia.
Derived terms
Translations
a district in Greece
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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βοιωτία (Boiōtía).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /boe̯ˈoː.ti.a/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /beˈot.t͡si.a/,
Proper noun
Boeōtia f sg (genitive Boeōtiae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Boeōtia |
| Genitive | Boeōtiae |
| Dative | Boeōtiae |
| Accusative | Boeōtiam |
| Ablative | Boeōtiā |
| Vocative | Boeōtia |
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Further reading
- “Boeotia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Boeotia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Boeotia”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “Boeotia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Boeotia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly