Byzantium
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin Bȳzantium, from Ancient Greek Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον (Būzántion), named after its legendary founder, Byzas.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Byzantium
- An ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, named Constantinople in 330 C.E.; modern Istanbul.
- (historical, by extension) The Byzantine Empire.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]ancient Greek city
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Byzantine Empire — see Byzantine Empire
Noun
[edit]Byzantium (uncountable)
- A dark shade of purple, close to Tyrian purple and palatinate purple
- byzantium:
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin Bȳzantium, from Ancient Greek Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον (Būzántion).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Byzantium n
- (historical) Byzantium (ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, later called Constantinople; modern Istanbul)
Derived terms
[edit]Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Βυζάντιον (Buzántion).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /byːzˈzan.ti.um/, [byːz̪ˈd̪͡z̪än̪t̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /bidˈd͡zan.t͡si.um/, [bid̪ˈd̪͡z̪änt̪͡s̪ium]
Proper noun
[edit]Bȳzantium n sg (genitive Bȳzantiī or Bȳzantī); second declension
- Byzantium (ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, later called Constantinople; modern Istanbul)
- Synonyms: Cōnstantīnopolis, Nova Rōma
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Bȳzantium |
Genitive | Bȳzantiī Bȳzantī1 |
Dative | Bȳzantiō |
Accusative | Bȳzantium |
Ablative | Bȳzantiō |
Vocative | Bȳzantium |
Locative | Bȳzantiī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Asturian: Bizanciu
- Catalan: Bizanci
- French: Byzance
- Galician: Bizancio
- Italian: Bisanzio
- Portuguese: Bizâncio
- Romanian: Bizanț, Bizanțiu
- Spanish: Bizancio
References
[edit]- “Bȳzantĭum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Byzantium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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