Εὔβοια

See also: Εύβοια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὐ- (eu-, “good”) +‎ βο- (bo-, “cow”) +‎ -ια (-ia, “country of”), literally “good cow country”.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ěu̯.boi̯.a/ → /ˈeβ.βy.a/ → /ˈev.vi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ěu̯.boi̯.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈew.by.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈeβ.βy.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈev.vy.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈev.vi.a/

Proper noun

Εὔβοιᾰ • (Eúboia) f (genitive Εὐβοίᾱς); first declension

1. Euboea.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Εὔβοιᾰ; τῆς Εὐβοίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Εὔβοιᾰ hē Eúboia
Genitive	τῆς Εὐβοίᾱς tês Euboíās
Dative	τῇ Εὐβοίᾳ têi Euboíāi
Accusative	τὴν Εὔβοιᾰν tḕn Eúboian
Vocative	Εὔβοιᾰ Eúboia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Εὐβοεύς (Euboeús)
• Εὐβοϊκός (Euboïkós)
• Εὐβοικός (Euboikós)
• Εὑβοιίς (Heuboiís)
• Εὐβοῖδα (Euboîda)

Descendants

• French: Eubée
• Greek: Εύβοια f (Évvoia)
• Latin: Euboea
• Turkish: Öbe (Eğriboz is more common)

References

• “Εὔβοια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Εὔβοια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Εὔβοια”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• “Εὔβοια”, 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.
  • euboea idem, page 284.
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010

Further reading

Euboea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia