εὔβοτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὐ- (eu-, “good”) +‎ βόσκω (bóskō, “feed, graze”, verb) or βοτόν n (botón, “a grazing beast”, noun) +‎ -ος (-os, suffix forming second-declension compound adjectives); for the βοτ- (bot-) root, compare βοτᾰ́νη (botắnē, “pasture”) and βοτήρ (botḗr, “herdsman”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ěu̯.bo.tos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈew.bo.tos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈeβ.βo.tos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈev.vo.tos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈev.vo.tos/

Adjective

εὔβοτος • (eúbotos) m or f (neuter εὔβοτον); second declension

The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
- c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 15.406
- 366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Critias 111a:
  […] τε εἶναι καὶ τοῖς ζῴοις πᾶσιν εὔβοτον.
  […] te eînai kaì toîs zōíois pâsin eúboton.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 280 BCE – 220 BCE, Philo of Byzantium, Compendium of Mechanics 1.669
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Camillus 16:
  πᾶσα δ’ ἐστὶ δενδρόφυτος αὕτη καὶ θρέμμασιν εὔβοτος καὶ κατάρρυτος ποταμοῖς, καὶ πόλεις εἶχεν ὀκτωκαίδεκα καλὰς καὶ μεγάλας καὶ κατεσκευασμένας πρός τε χρηματισμὸν ἐργατικῶς καὶ πρὸς δίαιταν πανηγυρικῶς, ἃς οἱ Γαλάται τοὺς Τυρρηνοὺς ἐκβαλόντες αὐτοὶ κατέσχον.
  pâsa d’ estì dendróphutos haútē kaì thrémmasin eúbotos kaì katárrhutos potamoîs, kaì póleis eîkhen oktōkaídeka kalàs kaì megálas kaì kateskeuasménas prós te khrēmatismòn ergatikôs kaì pròs díaitan panēgurikôs, hàs hoi Galátai toùs Turrhēnoùs ekbalóntes autoì katéskhon.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Scymn. 607
- 480 BCE – 406 BCE, Euripides, Fragments 1083.6
1. abounding in pasture
2. abounding with fine oxen
well-fed, thriving
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, Collected Works 5.24

Declension

Second declension of εὔβοτος; εὔβοτον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	εὔβοτος eúbotos		εὔβοτον eúboton	εὐβότω eubótō		εὐβότω eubótō	εὔβοτοι eúbotoi		εὔβοτᾰ eúbotă
Genitive	εὐβότου eubótou		εὐβότου eubótou	εὐβότοιν eubótoin		εὐβότοιν eubótoin	εὐβότων eubótōn		εὐβότων eubótōn
Dative	εὐβότῳ eubótōi		εὐβότῳ eubótōi	εὐβότοιν eubótoin		εὐβότοιν eubótoin	εὐβότοις eubótois		εὐβότοις eubótois
Accusative	εὔβοτον eúboton		εὔβοτον eúboton	εὐβότω eubótō		εὐβότω eubótō	εὐβότους eubótous		εὔβοτᾰ eúbotă
Vocative	εὔβοτε eúbote		εὔβοτον eúboton	εὐβότω eubótō		εὐβότω eubótō	εὔβοτοι eúbotoi		εὔβοτᾰ eúbotă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	—			—			εὐβοτώτᾰτος eubotṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

εὐβοτέομαι (eubotéomai, verb)