Βύζας
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Thracian *būzas (“he-goat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuǵ- (“buck, he-goat”).[1][2] Compare Persian بز (boz), English buck.
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /by̌ːz.daːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈby.zas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβy.zas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvy.zas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvi.zas/
Proper noun edit
Βῡ́ζᾱς • (Bū́zās) m (genitive Βῡ́ζᾰντος); third declension
- a male given name from Thracian: Byzas, legendary founder of Byzantium
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Βῡ́ζᾱς ho Bū́zās | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Βῡ́ζᾰντος toû Bū́zantos | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Βῡ́ζᾰντῐ tôi Bū́zanti | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Βῡ́ζᾰντᾰ tòn Bū́zanta | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Βῦζᾰν Bûzan | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον (Būzántion)
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Georgacas, Demetrius John (1947) “The Names of Constantinople”, in Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, volume 78, The Johns Hopkins University Press, , →JSTOR, pages 347–67
- ^ Duridanov, Ivan Vasiliev (1985) Die Sprache der Thraker[1] (in German), volume 2, Hieronymus Verlag, →ISBN, page 11
Further reading edit
- Βύζας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)