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proper noun · femininefirst declension

Boeōtia

Boeōtia f sg (genitive Boeōtiae)
Classical[boe̯ˈoː.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[beˈɔt.t͡si.a]

Meaning

  1. Boeotia (a historical region and modern regional unit of the administrative region of Central Greece, Greece, formerly renowned for the French proverbially equating the residents with philistinism)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeBoeōtia—
genitiveBoeōtiae—
dativeBoeōtiae—
accusativeBoeōtiam—
ablativeBoeōtiā—
vocativeBoeōtia—

Boeōtĭa, ae, f., = Βοιωτἰα.
I. Bœotia, a district of Greece proper, whose capital was Thebes, the birthplace of Bacchus and Hercules, Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25; Cic. N. D. 3, 19, 49; Ov. M. 2, 239; Mel. 2, 3, 4; acc. to fable, so called either after Apollo's cow (Βοῦς), Ov. M. 3, 13, or from Bœotus, the son of Neptune, Hyg. Fab. 186.—Its inhabitants were noted for their stupidity, Cic. Fat. 4; Nep. Alcib. 11, 3; id. Epam. 5, 2; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 244; Liv. 42, 43 sqq.; Tert. Anim. c. 20; cf. the Comm. upon Aelian. Var. H. 13, 25; Schol. Apoll. Rhod. Argon. 3, 1241.—
B. Derivv.
1. Boeōtĭus, a, um, adj., = Βοιώτιος, Bœotian: Bacis, Cic. Div. 1, 18, 34: vates, id. ib. 2, 26, 56: Neo, Liv. 44, 43, 6: Haemon, Prop. 2, 8, 21: moenia = Thebae, Ov. M. 3, 13: Thyas, Val. Fl. 5, 80.—In plur.: Boeōtii, ōrum, m., the Bœotians, Nep. Alcib. 11, 3; Liv. 33, 1, 1; Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 49.—
2. Boeōtus, a, um, adj., = Βοιωτός, Bœotian (poet.): tellus = Boeotia, Ov. M. 12, 9: flumina, Stat. Th. 7, 424: urbes, id. ib. 4, 360: duces, Luc. 3, 174: Orion, Ov. F. 5, 493.—In plur.: Boeōti, ōrum, m., the Bœotians, Liv. 33, 29, 1 sq.; 42, 43, 5 sq. al.: Boeotūm = Boeotorum, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 244; Avien. Orb. Terr. 586; Prisc. Perieg. 428.—
3. Boeōtĭcus, a, um, adj., = Βοιωτικός, Bœotian: frumentum, Plin. 18, 7, 12, § 66: cucumis, id. 19, 5, 23, § 68: napus, id. 19, 5, 25, § 76.—
4. Boeōtis, ĭdis, f., = Βοιωτίς = Bœotia, Mel. 2, 3, 4.—
II. The wife of Hyas, and mother of the Pleiades, Hyg. Astr. 2, 21.—
III. The Bœotian woman, the name of a lost comedy of Plautus, Gell. 3, 3, 3.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βοιωτία (Boiōtía).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyBoeotiaBoeotia (Βοιωτία: Eth. Βοιωτός, Eth. Boeoti), one of the political divisions of Greece, lying between Attica and Megaris on the south, and Locris and …

Quick answers

What does Boeōtia mean in Latin?
Boeōtia, a proper noun, means “Boeotia (a historical region and modern regional unit of the administrative region of Central Greece, Greece, formerly renowned for the French proverbially equating the residents with philistinism)”.
What is the genitive of Boeōtia?
The genitive singular is Boeōtiae. Boeōtia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce Boeōtia?
In classical Latin, [boe̯ˈoː.ti.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [beˈɔt.t͡si.a].