Bosporus

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English

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Proper noun

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the Bosporus

  1. Alternative spelling of Bosphorus

Danish

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Proper noun

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Bosporus

  1. Bosphorus

German

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Bosporus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Bosporus)

  1. Bosphorus

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Βόσπορος (Bósporos).

Proper noun

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Bosporus m sg (genitive Bosporī); second declension

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

Declension

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Second-declension noun, singular only.

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

Derived terms

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References

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  • 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.