Byzantium
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Bȳzantium, from Ancient Greek Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον (Būzántion), named after its legendary founder, Byzas.
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Proper noun edit
Byzantium
- An ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, named Constantinople in 330 C.E.; modern Istanbul.
- (historical, by extension) The Byzantine Empire.
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Translations edit
ancient Greek city
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Byzantine Empire — see Byzantine Empire
Noun edit
Byzantium (uncountable)
- A dark shade of purple, close to Tyrian purple and palatinate purple
- byzantium:
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin Bȳzantium, from Ancient Greek Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον (Būzántion).
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Proper noun edit
Byzantium n
- (historical) Byzantium (ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, later called Constantinople; modern Istanbul)
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Latin edit
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Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Βυζάντιον (Buzántion).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /byːzˈzan.ti.um/, [byːz̪ˈd̪͡z̪än̪t̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /bidˈd͡zan.t͡si.um/, [bid̪ˈd̪͡z̪änt̪͡s̪ium]
Proper noun edit
Bȳzantium n sg (genitive Bȳzantiī or Bȳzantī); second declension
- Byzantium (ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, later called Constantinople; modern Istanbul)
- Synonyms: Cōnstantīnopolis, Nova Rōma
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Bȳzantium |
Genitive | Bȳzantiī Bȳzantī1 |
Dative | Bȳzantiō |
Accusative | Bȳzantium |
Ablative | Bȳzantiō |
Vocative | Bȳzantium |
Locative | Bȳzantiī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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Descendants edit
- Asturian: Bizanciu
- Catalan: Bizanci
- French: Byzance
- Galician: Bizancio
- Italian: Bisanzio
- Portuguese: Bizâncio
- Romanian: Bizanț, Bizanțiu
- Spanish: Bizancio
References edit
- “Bȳzantĭum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Byzantium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.