Boeotia

• Bœotia, Boiotia, Beotia

From Latin Boeotia, from Ancient Greek Βοιωτία (Boiōtía).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /biːˈəʊʃə/

Boeotia

1. A district of Ancient Greece, formerly renowned for the proverbial stupidity of its inhabitants; now, a district in east Central Greece, situated on the peninsula, west of Euboea, north of Attica and Megaris, and east of Phokis. The present-day capital of the prefecture is Levadeia.

• Boeotian

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βοιωτία (Boiōtía).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /boe̯ˈoː.ti.a/

Boeōtia f (genitive Boeōtiae); first declension

1. Boeotia

First declension.

• Boeōtius
• Boeōtus
• Boeōticus
• Boeōtis

• Boeotia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Boeotia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Boeotia in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly