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Βοιωτός

boiotos

ou Βοιώτιος (cette

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Where it lives

Against Boeotus 1 22 · 80.7/10k
Against Boeotus 2 7 · 18.03/10k
History 135 · 9.03/10k
In Defense of Mantitheus 1 · 8.76/10k
On the Scrutiny of Evandros 1 · 7.25/10k
Agesilaus 5 · 6.8/10k
Menexenus 3 · 6.24/10k
Hellenica 38 · 5.78/10k
Against Nicomachus 1 · 5.32/10k
For Polystratus 1 · 5.24/10k
Persians 2 · 3.93/10k
Lysistrata 3 · 3.78/10k

Densest 12 of 38 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. Βοιωτός · Boiōtos — Chantraine

Βοιωτός : ou Βοιώτιος (cette. seconde forme étant surtout attestée au singulier, cf. K. Meiïster, Hom. Kunsisprache 14 sq.) « Béotien », nom de peuple. τον Composés : Βοιωτάρχης (ion.-att.}, nom de magistrat béotien, avec -αρχέω et -αρχία ; Βοιωτιουργῆς «de facture béotienne» (X.). | Dérivés : Βοιωτία nom du pays; adjectifs dérivés : Botwrixéc (Plu., ete.) et Βοιωτιακός (Délos, Str.}, avec le féminin Βοιωτίς, -ἰδος … — [Chantraine, s.v. Βοιωτός, p. 197]

2. Βοιωτός · Boiōtos — Frisk

Βοιωτός ρον. pl. Βοιωτοί, sing. gew. Βοιώτιος (vgl. K. Meister HK 14) Volksname (seit Il... — Deminutivum Βοιωτίδιον (Ar.); weitere Ableitungen: Βοιωτία Landschaft in Hellas mit βοιωτιακός (Delos ILI®, Str.) und βοιωτικός (D.S., Plu.); f. Βοιωτίς (X.). Denominativum βοιωτιάζω (-[öw) “es mit den Böotern halten, böotisch sprechen’ (Aeschin., X. u.a.). Von Sehulze ZGLE 30 mit dem Bergnamen Boiov ὄρος in Nordepirus … — [Frisk, s.v. Βοιωτός, p. 281]

3. Βοιωτός · Boiōtos — LSJ

a Boeotian, Boeotia, cattle-pastures, Boeotian, gluttonous, dull, stupid

a Boeotian, Il. 2.494, etc.:—Βοιωτία, ἡ, Boeotia, so called from its cattle-pastures:—Adj. Βοιώτ-ιος, α, ον, Boeotian, Hes. Fr. 132, etc.; with a notion of gluttonous, οὕτω σφόδρʼ ἐστὶ τοὺς τρόπους Β. Eub. 39, cf. 34; εἰμὶ γὰρ Β. πολλὰ . . ἐσθίων Mnesim. 2; ὀξύπεινον ἄνδρα καὶ Β. Demonic. 1; and of dull, stupid, Plu. Es. carn. 1 2.995e: prov., ὗς Βοιωτία Pi. O. 6.90, cf. Fr. 83; also Β. νόμος, melody used in κιθαρῳδία, S. Fr. 966, Plu. Mus. 2.1132d; Βοιώτιον μέλος Sch. Ar. Ach. 13:— also Βοιωτ-ι

In the wild

Βοιωτῶν · Boiōtōn Aeschylus, Persians 482–487
Βοιωτῶν · Boiōtōn Aeschylus, Persians 805–806
Βοιωτοῖσιν · Boiōtoisin Aristophanes, Acharnians 900 (DIORISIS sentence 689)
Βοιωτοῖς · Boiōtois Aristophanes, Acharnians (DIORISIS sentence 671)
Βοιωτοὺς · Boiōtous Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 184)
Βοιωτῶν · Boiōtōn Aristophanes, Knights 475 (DIORISIS sentence 391)

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Where it came from

Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. Βοιωτός (scan p. 197; entry #1344).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. Βοιωτός (scan p. 281; entry #1113).

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