Boeotian

American  

[bee-oh-shuhn] / biˈoʊ ʃən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Boeotia or its inhabitants.

2. dull; obtuse; without cultural refinement.

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Boeotia.

2. a dull, obtuse person; Philistine.

Boeotian British  

/ bɪˈəʊʃɪən /

noun

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

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adjective

1. of or relating to Boeotia or its inhabitants

Etymology

Origin of Boeotian

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

Example Sentences

Former Interior Secretary Stewart Udall, now a consultant on conservation, silently contemplated a Boeotian vase.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Aeolic, particularly Boeotian and Lesbian, it was persistent, and so also in many Doric dialects, especially at the beginning of words.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

The Old-Dorian Hercules is represented in three cycles of myth, the Argive, the Boeotian and the Thessalian; the legends of Arcadia, Aetolia, Lydia, &c., and Italy are either local or symbolical and comparatively late.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

Hence he writes in a conventional Doric with Aeolic elements, which forms a strong contrast to that of Corinna, who kept more or less closely to the Boeotian dialect.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

The Catalogue of the Ships begins with Boeotia; the list of Boeotian towns is much the longest; and they sail, not from the bay of Argos, but from the Boeotian harbour of Aulis.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various