Βορυσθένης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Scythian *Baurēštana, from *baurēšta (“dark brown”), superlative of *baura (“brown, red, dun”) + *-na (nominal suffix).[1]
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 tōî Borusthénei | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Βορυσθένη tòn Borusthénē | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Βορύσθενες Borústhenes | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Βορυσθένης (Vorysthénis)
- → Latin: Borysthenes
- → Ukrainian: Бористе́н (Borystén)
- → Ukrainian: Борисфе́н (Borysfén)
References
- ^ Mikhail Bukharin (2023), “Борисфен: теоним и гидроним [Borysthenes as Theonym and Hydronym]”, in Древнейшие государства Восточной Европы[1] (in Russian), volume 3, retrieved 18 August 2024, pages 174-182
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 (2006–2025)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004