Βούβαστις

Ancient Greek

Βούβαστις

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian pr-bꜣstt, from pr (“house”) + bꜣstt (“Bastet”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bǔː.bas.tis/ → /ˈβu.βas.tis/ → /ˈvu.vas.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bǔː.bas.tis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.bas.tis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβu.βas.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvu.vas.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvu.vas.tis/

Proper noun

Βούβαστις • (Boúbastis) f (genitive Βουβάστῐος); third declension

1. Bubastis (a city in Egypt)
2. (Egyptian mythology) Bastet: a goddess, Isis or her daughter, identified with Artemis by Herodotus
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.137:

     Ἡ δὲ Βούβαστις κατὰ Ἑλλάδα γλῶσσάν ἐστι Ἄρτεμις.

     Hē dè Boúbastis katà Helláda glôssán esti Ártemis.

     Bastet is Artemis in the Greek language

   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.166

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Βούβᾰστῐς; τῆς Βουβᾰ́στῐος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Βούβᾰστῐς hē Boúbastis
Genitive	τῆς Βουβᾰ́στῐος tês Boubástios
Dative	τῇ Βουβᾰ́στῑ têi Boubástī
Accusative	τὴν Βούβᾰστῐν tḕn Boúbastin
Vocative	Βούβᾰστῐ Boúbasti
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• Βούβαστις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)