Boium

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Boion

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βοιόν (Boión).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Boium n sg (genitive Boiī or Boī); second declension

  1. One of the towns of the tetrapolis of Doris

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Boium
genitive Boiī
Boī1
dative Boiō
accusative Boium
ablative Boiō
vocative Boium
locative Boiī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

  • Boium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Boion”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.