βοτήρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βωτήρ (bōtḗr)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bo.tɛ̌ːr/ → /βoˈtir/ → /voˈtir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bo.tɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /boˈte̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βoˈtir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /voˈtir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /voˈtir/

Noun

βοτήρ • (botḗr) m (genitive βοτῆρος); third declension βότειρα f (bóteira)

1. herdsman
2. hunting (of herdsman's dog)
3. soothsayer

Declension

Third declension of ὁ βοτήρ; τοῦ βοτῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βοτήρ ho botḗr	τὼ βοτῆρε tṑ botêre	οἱ βοτῆρες hoi botêres
Genitive	τοῦ βοτῆρος toû botêros	τοῖν βοτήροιν toîn botḗroin	τῶν βοτήρων tôn botḗrōn
Dative	τῷ βοτῆρῐ tôi botêri	τοῖν βοτήροιν toîn botḗroin	τοῖς βοτῆρσῐ / βοτῆρσῐν toîs botêrsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν βοτῆρᾰ tòn botêra	τὼ βοτῆρε tṑ botêre	τοὺς βοτῆρᾰς toùs botêras
Vocative	βοτήρ botḗr	βοτῆρε botêre	βοτῆρες botêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βοτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βοτήρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• βοτήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βοτήρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “βοτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers