Βυζάντιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Βῡ́ζᾱς (Bū́zās, “Byzas”) +‎ -ῐον (-ion), after the city's legendary founder.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /byːz.dán.ti.on/ → /βyˈzan.ti.on/ → /viˈzan.di.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /byːz.dán.ti.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /byˈzan.ti.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βyˈzan.ti.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vyˈzan.ti.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /viˈzan.di.on/

Proper noun

Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον • (Būzántion) n (genitive Βῡζᾰντῐ́ου); second declension

1. Byzantium.

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον; τοῦ Βῡζᾰντῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον tò Būzántion
Genitive	τοῦ Βῡζᾰντῐ́ου toû Būzantíou
Dative	τῷ Βῡζᾰντῐ́ῳ tôi Būzantíōi
Accusative	τὸ Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον tò Būzántion
Vocative	Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον Būzántion
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Βῡζᾰντῐᾰκός (Būzantiakós)
• Βῡζᾰ́ντῐος (Būzántios)

Descendants

• English: Byzantium
• French: Byzance
• Greek: Βυζάντιον (Vyzántion), Βυζάντιο (Vyzántio)
• Latin: Bȳzantion, Bȳzantium
• Latvian: Bizantija
• Polish: Bizancjum
• Romanian: Bizanț
• Russian: Византи́я (Vizantíja)
• Turkish: Bizans

References

• Βυζάντιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Βυζάντιον 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