Boeotian

[ bee-oh-shuhn ]

adjective

1. of or relating to Boeotia or its inhabitants.
2. dull; obtuse; without cultural refinement.

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Boeotia.
2. a dull, obtuse person; Philistine.

Boeotian

/ bɪˈəʊʃɪən /

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Boeotia, a region of ancient Greece

adjective

1. of or relating to Boeotia or its inhabitants

Word History and Origins

Origin of Boeotian¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; Boeoti(a) + -an

Example Sentences

The Boeotian potter may have appropriated the scene from an Athenian source.

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The immediate effect was to make the Boeotian portion of the army more numerous and closer packed than before.

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This city had long been hated by Thebes as a deserter from her own league; it alone of Boeotian towns had not joined the Persians.

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The “Boeotian” population seems to have entered the land from the north at a date probably anterior to the Dorian invasion.

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The Thebans, again, were afraid of being compelled to let the Boeotian states go free.

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