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English
Proper noun
the Bosporus
- Alternative spelling of Bosphorus
Danish
Proper noun
Bosporus
- Bosphorus
German
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bosporus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Bosporus)
- Bosphorus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Βόσπορος (Bósporos).
Proper noun
Bosporus m sg (genitive Bosporī); second declension
- Any of multiple straits, chiefly the one known as the Bosphorus in English.
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Derived terms
References
- “Bosporus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Bosporus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Bosporus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.