Bolbitine

English

Adjective

Bolbitine (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to a certain one of the seven ancient distributaries of the river Nile.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Βολβιτίνη (Bolbitínē).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /bol.biˈtiː.neː/, [bɔɫ.bɪˈtiː.neː]

Proper noun

Bolbitīnē f (genitive Bolbitīnēs); first declension

  1. A town of Lower Egypt situated at one of the mouths of the Nile, now Rosetta

Inflection

First declension, Greek type.

Case Singular
Nominative Bolbitīnē
Genitive Bolbitīnēs
Dative Bolbitīnae
Accusative Bolbitīnēn
Ablative Bolbitīnē
Vocative Bolbitīnē

References
  • Bolbitine in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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