Belisarius

English

Alternative forms

• Belisarios

Etymology

From Latin Belisarius, from Byzantine Greek Βελισάριος (Belisários).

Proper noun

Belisarius

1. (history) a general of the Byzantine Empire, who was instrumental to Emperor Justinian's ambitious project of reconquering much of the Mediterranean territory of the former Western Roman Empire, which had been lost less than a century previously

Translations

a general of the Byzantine Empire

• Armenian: Բելիսարիոս (Belisarios)
• Bulgarian: Велизарий (Velizarij)
• Finnish: Belisarius
• French: Bélisaire (fr)
• Georgian: ველისარიუსი (velisariusi)
• German: Belisar
• Greek: Βελισάριος (el) (Velisários), Βελισσάριος (el) (Velissários)

  Ancient: Βελισάριος (Belisários)

• Italian: Belisario (it)
• Latin: Belisarius
• Portuguese: Belisário m
• Russian: Велиса́рий (Velisárij), Велиза́рий (Velizárij)
• Spanish: Belisario (es)

Latin

Etymology

Probably from Gothic, from Proto-Germanic *bilją (“axe”) + *harjaz (“army”).

The name was in use in Galicia (Spain) and Portugal during the Early Middle Ages, where it left some place names (Belesar, Belsar), but was not used in Catalonia in the Mediterranean, so it can rather be Suevic [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /be.liˈsaː.ri.us/, [bɛlʲɪˈs̠äːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /be.liˈsa.ri.us/, [beliˈs̬äːrius]

Proper noun

Belisārius m (genitive Belisāriī); second declension

1. Belisarius (Roman general)
2. a male given name from Proto-Germanic, equivalent to English Belisarius

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Belisārius	Belisāriī
genitive	Belisāriī	Belisāriōrum
dative	Belisāriō	Belisāriīs
accusative	Belisārium	Belisāriōs
ablative	Belisāriō	Belisāriīs
vocative	Belisārie	Belisāriī

Descendants

• Galician: Belesar, Belsar

References

• Piel, Joseph M., Kremer, Dieter (1976) Hispano-gotisches Namenbuch, Heidelberg: Carl Winter - Universitätsverlag, →ISBN, p. 99.
• Jordi Bolòs i Masclans, Josep Moran (1994) Repertori D’Antropònims Catalans: (RAC), Volum 1‎^[1], Institut d'Estudis Catalans, →ISBN