Βορέας
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Βορρᾶς (Borrhâs) – Attic, Koine
- Βορέης (Boréēs), Βορῆς (Borês) – Ionic
- Βορίαις (Boríais) – Aeolic
Etymology
Named as the god of the north wind, perhaps related to Proto-Slavic *gora (“mountain, hill, mountainous elevation covered in forests”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bo.ré.aːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /boˈre.as/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βoˈre.as/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /voˈre.as/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /voˈre.as/
Noun
Βορέᾱς • (Boréās) m (genitive Βορέᾱ); first declension (Old Attic, Doric)
- the north wind, personified as Boreas
- the North
Inflection
First declension of ὁ Βορέᾱς; τοῦ Βορέου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Βορέᾱς ho Boréās | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Βορέου toû Boréou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Βορέᾳ tôi Boréāi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Βορέᾱν tòn Boréān | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Βορέᾱ Boréā | ||||||||||||
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First declension of ὁ Βορέᾱς; τοῦ Βορέᾱ (Doric)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Βορέᾱς ho Boréās | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Βορέᾱ toû Boréā | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Βορέᾳ tôi Boréāi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Βορέᾱν tòn Boréān | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Βορέᾱ Boréā | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- βόρειος (bóreios)
Descendants
- Greek: Βορέας (Voréas), βοριάς m (voriás), βορράς m (vorrás)
- → Latin: Boreas
- → Middle Armenian: բօրէաս (bōrēas)
- → Old Armenian: վոռէ (voṙē)
- → Old Georgian: ბორიაჲ (boriay, “northern wind”)
- Georgian: ბორია (boria, “cold, northern breeze”), ბორიო (borio)
- → Ottoman Turkish: پویراز (poyraz)
- → Mingrelian: ბორია (boria, “wind”)
References
- “Βορέας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Βορέας”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Βορέας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- “Βορέας”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004
Further reading
Boreas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Greek
Alternative forms
- Βορρέας m (Vorréas)
Proper noun
Βορέας • (Voréas) m
- (Greek mythology) the god of the North Wind
Declension
Βορέας
case \\ number | singular |
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nominative | Βορέας • |
genitive | Βορέα • |
accusative | Βορέα • |
vocative | Βορέα • |
Related terms
- βόρειος m (vóreios, “north wind”)
- βοριάς m (voriás, “north wind”)
Further reading
Βορέας on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el