βίοτος
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ or *gʷih₃-etos (“life”), from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”). Cognate with Latin vīta.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bí.o.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbi.o.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβi.o.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvi.o.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvi.o.tos/
Noun
editβῐ́οτος • (bíotos) m (genitive βῐότου); second declension
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ βῐ́οτος ho bíotos |
τὼ βῐότω tṑ biótō |
οἱ βῐ́οτοι hoi bíotoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ βῐότου toû biótou |
τοῖν βῐότοιν toîn biótoin |
τῶν βῐότων tôn biótōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ βῐότῳ tôi biótōi |
τοῖν βῐότοιν toîn biótoin |
τοῖς βῐότοις toîs biótois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν βῐ́οτον tòn bíoton |
τὼ βῐότω tṑ biótō |
τοὺς βῐότους toùs biótous | ||||||||||
Vocative | βῐ́οτε bíote |
βῐότω biótō |
βῐ́οτοι bíotoi | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | βῐ́οτος bíotos |
βῐότω biótō |
βῐ́οτοι bíotoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | βῐότου / βῐοτοῖο / βῐότοιο / βῐοτόο / βῐότοο biótou / biotoîo / biótoio / biotóo / biótoo |
βῐότοιῐν biótoiin |
βῐότων biótōn | ||||||||||
Dative | βῐότῳ biótōi |
βῐότοιῐν biótoiin |
βῐότοισῐ / βῐότοισῐν / βῐότοις biótoisi(n) / biótois | ||||||||||
Accusative | βῐ́οτον bíoton |
βῐότω biótō |
βῐότους biótous | ||||||||||
Vocative | βῐ́οτε bíote |
βῐότω biótō |
βῐ́οτοι bíotoi | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Derived terms
edit- βιοτεύω (bioteúō)
Related terms
edit- βῐ́ος (bíos)
Further reading
edit- “βίοτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “βίοτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “βίοτος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- βίοτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βίοτος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- βίοτος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “βίοτος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- life idem, page 489.
- livelihood idem, page 495.
- living idem, page 496.
- maintenance idem, page 508.
- subsistence idem, page 832.
- support idem, page 841.
- sustenance idem, page 846.
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷeyh₃-
- Ancient Greek 3-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek second-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension