Borysthenes

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βορυσθένης (Borusthénēs).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /boˈrys.tʰe.neːs/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /boˈris.te.nes/,

View of the river

Proper noun

Borysthenēs m sg (genitive Borysthenis); third declension

Dnipro, Dnieper

Usage notes

Considered by the Roman geographers to be the chief river of Scythia

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Borysthenēs
genitive	Borysthenis
dative	Borysthenī
accusative	Borysthenem
ablative	Borysthene
vocative	Borysthenēs

Derived terms

References

“Borysthenes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Borysthenes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Further reading

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

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