Βορέας
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named as the god of the north wind, perhaps related to Proto-Slavic *gora (“mountain, hill, mountainous elevation covered in forests”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (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[edit]
Βορέᾱς • (Boréās) m (genitive Βορέᾱ); first declension (Old Attic, Doric)
Inflection[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- βόρειος (bóreios)
Descendants[edit]
- 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”)
- → Ottoman Turkish: پویراز (poyraz)
- → Mingrelian: ბორია (boria, “wind”)
References[edit]
- “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 (2006–2024)
- “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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004
Further reading[edit]
Greek[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Βορρέας m (Vorréas)
Proper noun[edit]
Βορέας • (Voréas) m
- (Greek mythology) Boreas, the god of the North Wind
Declension[edit]
Βορέας
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Βορέας on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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