Berytus

English

Etymology

From Latin Bērȳtus, from Ancient Greek Βηρῡτός (Bērūtós), from Phoenician 𐤁𐤓𐤕 (brt). Doublet of Beirut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛɹɪtəs/, /bəˈɹaɪtəs/
• Rhymes: -ɛɹɪtəs, -aɪtəs

Proper noun

Berytus

1. (historical) The ancient city of Beirut.

Derived terms

• Berytian

Translations

the ancient city of Beirut

• French: Béryte (fr) f
• German: Berytus
• Greek:

  Ancient: Βηρυτός f (Bērutós)

• Italian: Berito
• Latin: Bērȳtus f
• Russian: Берит m (Berit)
• Spanish: Berito

German

Etymology

From Latin Bērȳtus.

Proper noun

Berytus n (proper noun, genitive Berytus' or (with an article) Berytus)

1. Berytus (an ancient city in modern Lebanon; modern Beirut)

Derived terms

• Beryter
• berytisch

Latin

Alternative forms

• Bērȳtos

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Βηρυτός (Bērutós), from Phoenician 𐤁𐤓𐤕 (brt).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /beːˈryː.tus/, [beːˈryːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /beˈri.tus/, [beˈriːt̪us]

Proper noun

Bērȳtus f sg (genitive Bērȳtī); second declension

1. Berytus (today known as Beirut)

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Bērȳtus
Genitive	Bērȳtī
Dative	Bērȳtō
Accusative	Bērȳtum
Ablative	Bērȳtō
Vocative	Bērȳte
Locative	Bērȳtī

Derived terms

• bērȳtensis
• bērȳtius

Descendants

• → English: Berytus
• French: Béryte
• → German: Berytus
• Italian: Berito
• Spanish: Berito

References

• “Berytus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Berytus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.