Βούβαστις
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Egyptian pr-bꜣstt, from pr (“house”) + bꜣstt (“Bastet”).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bǔː.bas.tis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbu.bas.tis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβu.βas.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvu.vas.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvu.vas.tis/
Proper noun edit
Βούβαστις • (Boúbastis) f (genitive Βουβάστῐος); third declension
- Bubastis (a city in Egypt)
- Bastet: a goddess, Isis or her daughter, identified with Artemis by Herodotus
- Herodotus, 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
- Herodotus, 2.137
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Βούβᾰστῐς hē Boúbastis | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Βουβᾰ́στῐος tês Boubástios | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Βουβᾰ́στῑ têi Boubástī | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Βούβᾰστῐν tḕn Boúbastin | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Βούβᾰστῐ Boúbasti | ||||||||||||
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References edit
- Βούβαστις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Herodotus 2,166