Boethius
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English
Etymology
Proper noun
Boethius
- Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480–524 C.E.), Roman historian and philosopher from the Early Middle Ages.
Further reading
- “Boethius”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Latin
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek βοηθός (boēthós, “helper”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /boˈeː.tʰi.us/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /boˈe.ti.us/,
Proper noun
Boēthius m sg (genitive Boēthiī or Boēthī); second declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, a Roman historian and philosopher from the Early Middle Ages.
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Boēthius |
| genitive | Boēthiī Boēthī1 |
| dative | Boēthiō |
| accusative | Boēthium |
| ablative | Boēthiō |
| vocative | Boēthī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
All borrowed.
References
- “Boethius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Boethius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.