Boii

Boii pl (plural only)

1. (historical) A Gallic tribe of the later Iron Age.

From Proto-Celtic *bāus, said to be partly assimilated from words for cow and warrior. More at Boii.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈboi̯.i̯iː/, [ˈbɔi̯ːiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.ji/, [ˈbɔːji]

Boiī m pl (genitive Boiōrum); second declension

1. A Celtic tribe established between the Padus and the Apennines, in an area corresponding to today's Emilia-Romagna

Second-declension noun, plural only.

• Ancient Greek: Βόιοι (Bóioi)

• “Boii”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Boii in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Falileyev, Alexander, ed. (2007). "Boii." Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-Names. Aberystwyth University.