Βηστίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Bēstia.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bɛːs.tí.aːs/ → /βisˈti.as/ → /visˈti.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bɛːs.tí.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /be̝sˈti.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βisˈti.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /visˈti.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /visˈti.as/

Proper noun

Βηστῐ́ᾱς • (Bēstíās) m (genitive Βηστῐ́ᾱ); first declension

1. Bestia

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Βηστῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ Βηστῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Βηστῐ́ᾱς ho Bēstíās	τὼ Βηστῐ́ᾱ tṑ Bēstíā	οἱ Βηστῐ́αι hoi Bēstíai
Genitive	τοῦ Βηστῐ́ου toû Bēstíou	τοῖν Βηστῐ́αιν toîn Bēstíain	τῶν Βηστῐῶν tôn Bēstiôn
Dative	τῷ Βηστῐ́ᾳ tôi Bēstíāi	τοῖν Βηστῐ́αιν toîn Bēstíain	τοῖς Βηστῐ́αις toîs Bēstíais
Accusative	τὸν Βηστῐ́ᾱν tòn Bēstíān	τὼ Βηστῐ́ᾱ tṑ Bēstíā	τοὺς Βηστῐ́ᾱς toùs Bēstíās
Vocative	Βηστῐ́ᾱ Bēstíā	Βηστῐ́ᾱ Bēstíā	Βηστῐ́αι Bēstíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Βηστίας (Vistías)

References

• Βηστίας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004