Βιθυνία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Βῑθῡνός (Bīthūnós) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /biː.tʰyː.ní.aː/ → /βi.θyˈni.a/ → /vi.θiˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /biː.tʰyː.ní.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bi.tʰyˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βi.θyˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vi.θyˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vi.θiˈni.a/

Proper noun

Βῑθῡνῐ́ᾱ • (Bīthūníā) f (genitive Βῑθῡνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Bithynia

Declension

First declension of ἡ Βῑθῡνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Βῑθῡνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Βῑθῡνῐ́ᾱ hē Bīthūníā
Genitive	τῆς Βῑθῡνῐ́ᾱς tês Bīthūníās
Dative	τῇ Βῑθῡνῐ́ᾳ têi Bīthūníāi
Accusative	τὴν Βῑθῡνῐ́ᾱν tḕn Bīthūníān
Vocative	Βῑθῡνῐ́ᾱ Bīthūníā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Βιθυνία (Vithynía)
• Latin: Bīthȳnia
• Turkish: Bitinya

References

• Βιθυνία 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