Βηρυτός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew בארות (Bəʼērōt, “wells”)), also source of Beeroth and Beirut.

Pronunciation

 

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

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bɛː.ry.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

Βηρῠτός • (Bērutós) f (genitive Βηρῠτοῦ); second declension

1. Berytus

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Βηρῠτός; τῆς Βηρῠτοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Βηρῠτός hē Bērutós
Genitive	τῆς Βηρῠτοῦ tês Bērutoû
Dative	τῇ Βηρῠτῷ têi Bērutôi
Accusative	τὴν Βηρῠτόν tḕn Bērutón
Vocative	Βηρῠτέ Bēruté
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

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

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Βηρυτός (Bērutós).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Βηρυτός • (Virytós) m

1. Beirut (the capital of Lebanon)

Declension

  Βηρυτός

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

Further reading

• Βηρυτός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el