Εὔβοια
See also: Εύβοια
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From εὐ- (eu-, “good”) + βο (bo, “cow”) + -ια (-ia, “country of”), literally “good cow country”.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ěu̯.boi̯.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈew.by.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈeβ.βy.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈev.vy.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈev.vi.a/
Proper noun
Εὔβοιᾰ • (Eúboia) f (genitive Εὐβοίᾱς); first declension
- Euboea.
Inflection
First declension of ἡ Εὔβοιᾰ; τῆς Εὐβοίᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Εὔβοιᾰ hē Eúboia | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Εὐβοίᾱς tês Euboíās | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Εὐβοίᾳ têi Euboíāi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Εὔβοιᾰν tḕn Eúboian | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Εὔβοιᾰ Eúboia | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Εὐβοεύς (Euboeús)
- Εὐβοϊκός (Euboïkós)
- Εὐβοικός (Euboikós)
- Εὑβοιίς (Heuboiís)
- Εὐβοῖδα (Euboîda)
Descendants
- French: Eubée
- Greek: Εύβοια f (Évvoia)
- Latin: Euboea
- Turkish: Öbe (Eğriboz is more common)
References
- “Εὔβοια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Εὔβοια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Εὔβοια”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- “Εὔβοια”, 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.
- euboea idem, page 284.
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010
Further reading
Euboea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia