Βηρυτός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Phoenician 𐤁𐤓𐤕 (bērūt, “Beirut”), from Proto-West Semitic *biʾrāt- (“wells”). Doublet of Βηρώθ (Bērṓth, “Beeroth”) from Biblical Hebrew בְּאֵרוֹת (bəʾērōṯ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bɛː.ryː.tós/ → /βi.ryˈtos/ → /vi.riˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bɛː.ryː.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /be̝.ryˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βi.ryˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vi.ryˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vi.riˈtos/

Noun

Βηρῡτός • (Bērūtós) f (genitive Βηρῡτοῦ); second declension

1. Berytus (today known as Beirut)

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Βηρῡτός; τῆς Βηρῡτοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Βηρῡτός hē Bērūtós
Genitive	τῆς Βηρῡτοῦ tês Bērūtoû
Dative	τῇ Βηρῡτῷ têi Bērūtôi
Accusative	τὴν Βηρῡτόν tḕn Bērūtón
Vocative	Βηρῡτέ Bērūté
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Βηρύτιος (Bērútios)

Descendants

• Greek: Βηρυτός (Virytós)
• → Latin: Bērȳtus
  • → English: Berytus
  • French: Béryte
  • → German: Berytus
  • Italian: Berito
  • Spanish: Berito

References

• Βηρυτός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Βηρυτός (Bērutós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.ɾiˈtos/
• Hyphenation: Βη‧ρυ‧τός

Proper noun

Βηρυτός • (Virytós) f

1. Beirut (the capital of Lebanon)

Declension

  Βηρυτός

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Βηρυτός •
genitive	Βηρυτού •
accusative	Βηρυτό •
vocative	Βηρυτέ •  Βηρυτό •

Further reading

• Βηρυτός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el