Βορυσθένης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Scythian.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bo.rys.tʰé.nɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /bo.rysˈtʰe.ne̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βo.rysˈθe.nis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vo.rysˈθe.nis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vo.risˈθe.nis/
Proper noun
Βορυσθένης • (Borusthénēs) m (genitive Βορυσθένους); third declension
- Borysthenes; Dnieper river
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Βορυσθένης ho Borusthénēs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Βορυσθένους toû Borusthénous | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Βορυσθένει tôi Borusthénei | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Βορυσθένη tòn Borusthénē | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Βορύσθενες Borústhenes | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Βορυσθένης (Vorysthénis)
- → Latin: Borysthenes
Further reading
- “Βορυσθένης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Βορυσθένης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Βορυσθένης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004
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