Βηρυτός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Phoenician 𐤁𐤓𐤕 (bērūt, “Beirut”), from Proto-West Semitic *biʾrāt- (“wells”). Doublet of Βηρώθ (Bērṓth, “Beeroth”) from Biblical Hebrew בְּאֵרוֹת (bəʾērōṯ).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Βηρῡτός • (Bērūtós) f (genitive Βηρῡτοῦ); second declension

  1. Berytus, Beirut (the capital and largest city of Lebanon)

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Βηρῡτός; τῆς Βηρῡτοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Βηρῡτός
hē Bērūtós
Genitive τῆς Βηρῡτοῦ
tês Bērūtoû
Dative τῇ Βηρῡτῷ
tēî Bērūtōî
Accusative τὴν Βηρῡτόν
tḕn Bērūtón
Vocative Βηρῡτέ
Bērūté
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: Βηρυτός (Virytós)
  • → Latin: Bērȳtus

References

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Βηρυτός (Bērutós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vi.ɾiˈtos/
  • Hyphenation: Βη‧ρυ‧τός

Proper noun

Βηρυτός • (Virytós) f

  1. Beirut (the capital of Lebanon)

Declension

Declension of Βηρυτός
singular
nominative Βηρυτός (Virytós)
genitive Βηρυτού (Virytoú)
accusative Βηρυτό (Virytó)
vocative Βηρυτέ (Viryté)
Βηρυτό (Virytó)

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