proper noun · femininethird declension
Būbastis
Būbastis f sg (genitive Būbastis)
Classical[buːˈbas.tɪs]Ecclesiastical[buˈbas.tis]
Meaning
- Bubastis (an ancient city in Egypt)
- Bastet (Egyptian deity identified with Diana)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Būbastis | — |
| genitive | Būbastis | — |
| dative | Būbastī | — |
| accusative | Būbastim | — |
| ablative | Būbaste | — |
| vocative | Būbastis | — |
| locative | Būbastī Būbaste | — |
Būbastis, is, f., = Βούβαστις.
I. A town in Egypt, on the Pelusian arm of the Nile, now Tel-Basta (i.e. Hill of Bubastis), in the vicinity of the village Benalhassar, Mel. 1, 9, 9.—Hence, Būbastītes nŏ-mŏs, Βουβαστίτης νομός, Strab., Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 49; Mel. 1, 9, 9.—
II. The goddess Bubastis, who was worshipped there; corresponding to Diana, Ov. M. 9, 691; cf. Hdt. 2, 137; 2, 156.—Hence, Būbastius, a, um, adj., of Bubastis:
sacra, Grat. Cyn. 42; gen. plur. BVBASTIVM, Inscr. Orell. 5974.Origins
From Ancient Greek Βούβαστις (Boúbastis), from Egyptian pr-bꜣstt (“Bubastis”), from pr (“house”) + bꜣstt (“Bastet”).
In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries
GeographyBubastisBubastis or BUBASTUS (Βούβαστις, Hdt. 2.59, 137; Βούβαστος, Strab. xvii. p.805; Diod. 16.51; Plin. Nat. 5.9. s. 9; Ptol. 4.5.52), the PHIBESETH of the…Biography & mythologyBubastisBubastis (Βούβαστις), an Egyptian divinity whom the Greeks used to identify with their own Artemis, and whose genealogy they explain accordingly. (Hdt…