Besynga

Latin

The river Sittaung

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βησύγγα (Bēsúnga).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /beːˈsyn.ɡa/, [beːˈs̠ʏŋɡä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /beˈsin.ɡa/, [beˈs̬iŋɡä]

Proper noun

Bēsynga m sg (genitive Bēsyngae); first declension

1. A river in India, mentioned by Ptolemy, probably the modern Sittaung
   • 1829, Gustav Adolph Schumann, Pentateuchus hebraice et graece, Volume 1, volume 1, page 36:

     Alii Phischon habent Gangem, alii Chrysorrhoam prope Damascum, alii Iordanem, alii Besyngam, qui nunc Irabatti dicatur, alii Indum.

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Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Bēsynga
genitive	Bēsyngae
dative	Bēsyngae
accusative	Bēsyngam
ablative	Bēsyngā
vocative	Bēsynga

References

• “India”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly