Boeotian

//biːˈəʊʃən//

Synonyms for "boeotian" (158 found)

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Related words (79)

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Translations

36 translations across 10 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • Βοιωτικός adj (pertaining to Boeotia)
  • Βοιωτός noun (inhabitant of Boeotia)

Catalan

2 entries
  • beoci adj (pertaining to Boeotia)
  • beoci noun (inhabitant of Boeotia)

French

4 entries
  • béotien adj (pertaining to Boeotia)
  • béotien adj (stupid, foolish)
  • Béotien noun (inhabitant of Boeotia)
  • béotien noun (dull or ignorant person)

German

4 entries
  • böotisch adj (pertaining to Boeotia)
  • Böotisch name (a dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Boeotia)
  • Böotier noun (inhabitant of Boeotia)
  • Böotierin noun (inhabitant of Boeotia)

Greek

4 entries
  • ανόητος adj (stupid, foolish)
  • βοιωτικός adj (pertaining to Boeotia)
  • μωρός adj (stupid, foolish)
  • χαζός adj (stupid, foolish)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • boiót adj (pertaining to Boeotia)
  • boiót name (a dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Boeotia)
  • boiót noun (inhabitant of Boeotia)

Italian

4 entries
  • aonio adj (pertaining to Boeotia)
  • beota adj (pertaining to Boeotia)
  • beota adj (stupid, foolish)
  • beotico adj (pertaining to Boeotia)

Polish

1 entries
  • beocki adj (pertaining to Boeotia)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • beócio adj (pertaining to Boeotia)
  • beócio adj (stupid, foolish)
  • beócio noun (inhabitant of Boeotia)
  • beócio noun (dull or ignorant person)

Spanish

4 entries
  • beocio adj (pertaining to Boeotia)
  • simplón adj (stupid, foolish)
  • tarado adj (stupid, foolish)
  • beocio noun (inhabitant of Boeotia)

Sample sentences

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The only Boeotian troops that did continue to fight — the light infantry attached to the victorious cavalry — worked their way over to the Athenians on the right, where most of them were killed. The collapse of Boeotian morale at the death of Epaminondas and the abrupt cessation of fighting remain something of an enigma, especially since Pelopidas' men at Cynoscephalae fought even more vigorously to preserve the victory after he fell there.

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we will leave to thy sagacity to apply all this to the Boeotian writers, and to those authors who are their opposites.

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Ransom reflected he might answer her that until five minutes ago he didn't know she existed; but he remembered that this was not the way in which a Southern gentleman spoke to ladies, and he contented himself with saying that he must condone his Bœotian ignorance […]

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