Bosporus

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See also: bosporus

English[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

the Bosporus

  1. Alternative spelling of Bosphorus

Danish[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Bosporus

  1. Bosphorus

German[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Bosporus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Bosporus)

  1. Bosphorus

Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek Βόσπορος (Bósporos).

Proper noun[edit]

Bosporus m sg (genitive Bosporī); second declension

  1. Any of multiple straits, chiefly the one known as the Bosphorus in English.

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Bosporus
Genitive Bosporī
Dative Bosporō
Accusative Bosporum
Ablative Bosporō
Vocative Bospore

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “Bosporus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Bosporus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Bosporus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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