Bosporus

See also: bosporus

English

Proper noun

the Bosporus

1. Alternative spelling of Bosphorus

Danish

Proper noun

Bosporus

1. Bosphorus

German

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Proper noun

Bosporus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Bosporus)

1. Bosphorus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Bosphorus
• Bosforus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Βόσπορος (Bósporos).

Proper noun

Bosporus m sg (genitive Bosporī); second declension

1. Any of multiple straits, chiefly the one known as the Bosphorus in English.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Bosporus
Genitive	Bosporī
Dative	Bosporō
Accusative	Bosporum
Ablative	Bosporō
Vocative	Bospore

Derived terms

• Bosporus Cimmerius
• Bosporus Thracius

References

• “Bosporus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Bosporus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Bosporus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.