Berytus
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English
Etymology
From Latin Bērȳtus, from Ancient Greek Βηρῡτός (Bērūtós), from Phoenician 𐤁𐤓𐤕 (brt). Doublet of Beirut and Beeroth.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Berytus
- (historical) The ancient city of Beirut.
Derived terms
Translations
the ancient city of Beirut
References
- ^ Worcester, Joseph E. (1861) An Elementary Dictionary of the English Language, Boston: Swan, Brewer & Tileston, page 326
German
Etymology
Proper noun
Berytus n (proper noun, genitive Berytus' or (with an article) Berytus)
Derived terms
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Βηρυτός (Bērutós), from Phoenician 𐤁𐤓𐤕 (brt).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /beːˈryː.tus/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /beˈri.tus/,
Proper noun
Bērȳtus f sg (genitive Bērȳtī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Bērȳtus |
| genitive | Bērȳtī |
| dative | Bērȳtō |
| accusative | Bērȳtum |
| ablative | Bērȳtō |
| vocative | Bērȳte |
| locative | Bērȳtī |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “Berytus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Berytus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.