Bithynia
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
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Proper noun edit
Bithynia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Bithyniidae – certain freshwater snails.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda - class; Caenogastropoda - subclass; Littorinimorpha - order; Truncatelloidea - superfamily; Bithyniidae - family
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Bithynia tentaculata - type species
References edit
- Bithynia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Bithynia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Bithynia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English edit
Etymology edit
From the Latin Bīthȳnia, from the Ancient Greek Βῑθῡνῐ́ᾱ (Bīthūníā).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Bithynia
- (historical) A region, ancient kingdom, and historical province of the Roman Empire, in the northwest of Asia Minor in modern Turkey.
Translations edit
ancient region
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Further reading edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From the Ancient Greek Βῑθῡνῐ́ᾱ (Bīthūníā).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /biːˈtʰyː.ni.a/, [biːˈt̪ʰyːniä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /biˈti.ni.a/, [biˈt̪iːniä]
Proper noun edit
Bīthȳnia f sg (genitive Bīthȳniae); first declension
- (historical) Bithynia (a region, ancient kingdom, and historical province of the Roman Empire, in the northwest of Asia Minor in modern Turkey)
Declension edit
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Bīthȳnia |
Genitive | Bīthȳniae |
Dative | Bīthȳniae |
Accusative | Bīthȳniam |
Ablative | Bīthȳniā |
Vocative | Bīthȳnia |
Locative | Bīthȳniae |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “Bīthȳnĭa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Bithynia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Further reading edit
- Bithynia on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la