Boethius

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Boēthius. === Proper noun === Boethius Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480–524 CE), Roman historian and philosopher from the Early Middle Ages. === Further reading === “Boethius”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Latin == === Etymology === Derived from Ancient Greek βοηθός (boēthós, “helper”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [boˈeː.tʰi.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [boˈɛː.ti.us] === Proper noun === Boēthius m sg (genitive Boēthiī or Boēthī); second declension A Roman cognomen — famously held by: Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, a Roman historian and philosopher from the Early Middle Ages. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Descendants ==== === References === “Boethius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Boethius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.