Βύζαντες

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Βῠζᾰ́κιοι (Buzákioi), Βῠζᾰ́ντιοι (Buzántioi), Γῠ́ζᾰντες (Gúzantes)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /býz.dan.tes/ → /ˈβy.zan.tes/ → /ˈvi.zan.des/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /býz.dan.tes/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈby.zan.tes/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβy.zan.tes/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvy.zan.tes/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.zan.des/

Proper noun

Βῠ́ζᾰντες • (Búzantes) m (genitive Βῠζᾰ́ντων); third declension

1. Byzantes, a tribe of North Africa mentioned by Herodotus

Inflection

Third declension of οἱ Βῠ́ζᾰντες; τῶν Βῠζᾰ́ντων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	οἱ Βῠ́ζᾰντες hoi Búzantes
Genitive	τῶν Βῠζᾰ́ντων tôn Buzántōn
Dative	τοῖς Βῠ́ζᾱσῐ / Βῠ́ζᾱσῐν toîs Búzāsi(n)
Accusative	τοὺς Βῠ́ζᾰντᾰς toùs Búzantas
Vocative	Βῠ́ζᾰντες Búzantes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Byzantēs

Further reading

• Βύζαντες in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Βύζαντες in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)