Βυζάντιον
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Βῡ́ζᾱς (Bū́zās, “Byzas”) + -ῐον (-ion), the city's legendary founder.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /byːz.dán.ti.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /byˈzan.ti.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βyˈzan.ti.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vyˈzan.ti.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /viˈzan.di.on/
Proper noun[edit]
Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον • (Būzántion) n (genitive Βῡζᾰντῐ́ου); second declension
Inflection[edit]
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον tò Būzántion | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Βῡζᾰντῐ́ου toû Būzantíou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Βῡζᾰντῐ́ῳ tôi Būzantíōi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον tò Būzántion | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον Būzántion | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms[edit]
- Βῡζᾰντῐᾰκός (Būzantiakós)
- Βῡζᾰ́ντῐος (Būzántios)
Descendants[edit]
- English: Byzantium
- French: Byzance
- Greek: Βυζάντιον (Vyzántion), Βυζάντιο (Vyzántio)
- Latin: Bȳzantion, Bȳzantium
- Latvian: Bizantija
- Polish: Bizancjum
- Romanian: Bizanț
- Russian: Византи́я (Vizantíja)
- Turkish: Bizans
References[edit]
- 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
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