Byzantium
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English
Etymology
From Latin Bȳzantium, from Ancient Greek Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον (Būzántion), named after its legendary founder, Byzas.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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
Translations
ancient Greek city
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Byzantine Empire — see Byzantine Empire
Noun
Byzantium (uncountable)
- A dark shade of purple, close to Tyrian purple and palatinate purple
- byzantium:
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Bȳzantium, from Ancient Greek Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον (Būzántion).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Byzantium n
- (historical) Byzantium (ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, later called Constantinople; modern Istanbul)
Derived terms
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Βυζάντιον (Buzántion).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /byːzˈzan.ti.um/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /bidˈd͡zan.t͡si.um/,
Proper noun
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
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
Descendants
- Asturian: Bizanciu
- Catalan: Bizanci
- French: Byzance
- Galician: Bizancio
- Italian: Bisanzio
- Portuguese: Bizâncio
- Romanian: Bizanț, Bizanțiu
- Spanish: Bizancio
References
- “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.