βουλευτής

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation
 

Noun

βουλευτής • (bouleutḗs) m

  1. councillor, senator, bouleutes

Inflection
First declension of ὁ βουλευτής; τοῦ βουλευτοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ βουλευτής
ho bouleutḗs		 τὼ βουλευτᾱ́
tṑ bouleutā́		 οἱ βουλευταί
hoi bouleutaí
Genitive τοῦ βουλευτοῦ
toû bouleutoû		 τοῖν βουλευταῖν
toîn bouleutaîn		 τῶν βουλευτῶν
tôn bouleutôn
Dative τῷ βουλευτῇ
tôi bouleutêi		 τοῖν βουλευταῖν
toîn bouleutaîn		 τοῖς βουλευταῖς
toîs bouleutaîs
Accusative τὸν βουλευτήν
tòn bouleutḗn		 τὼ βουλευτᾱ́
tṑ bouleutā́		 τοὺς βουλευτᾱ́ς
toùs bouleutā́s
Vocative βουλευτᾰ́
bouleutá		 βουλευτᾱ́
bouleutā́		 βουλευταί
bouleutaí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: βουλευτής (vouleftís)

References

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βουλευτής (bouleutḗs, “counsellor”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vu.leˈftis/
  • Hyphenation: βου‧λευ‧τής

Noun

βουλευτής • (vouleftís) m or f (plural βουλευτές or βουλευτάδες, feminine βουλευτίνα)

  1. member of Parliament
  2. deputy
  3. congressman, assemblyman
  4. congresswoman, assemblywoman

Declension

For the masculine

declension of βουλευτής
case     \     number singular plural
nominative βουλευτής • βουλευτές •,  βουλευτάδες •
genitive βουλευτή • βουλευτών •,  βουλευτάδων •
accusative βουλευτή • βουλευτές •,  βουλευτάδες •
vocative βουλευτή • βουλευτές •,  βουλευτάδες •
The second form of plural -άδες, colloquial, demotic, sometimes ironic.
Also, a dated or very formal masculine genitive singular του (tou) βουλευτού •
and vocative βουλευτά (vouleftá)! as in the Ancient Greek declension.

For the feminine

declension of βουλευτής
case     \     number singular plural
nominative βουλευτής • βουλευτές •
genitive βουλευτού • βουλευτών •
accusative βουλευτή • βουλευτές •
vocative βουλευτή • βουλευτές •
See also the more modern of familiar form βουλευτίνα (vouleftína).

Further reading
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