Βυζάντιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Βῡ́ζᾱς (Bū́zās, “Byzas”) + -ῐον (-ĭon), after the city's legendary founder.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /byːz.dán.ti.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /byˈzan.ti.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βyˈzan.ti.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vyˈzan.ti.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /viˈzan.di.on/
Proper noun
Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον • (Būzắntĭon) n (genitive Βῡζᾰντῐ́ου); second declension
- Byzantium (an ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, renamed Constantinople in 330 C.E.; modern Istanbul)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον tò Būzắntĭon | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Βῡζᾰντῐ́ου toû Būzăntĭ́ou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Βῡζᾰντῐ́ῳ tōî Būzăntĭ́ōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον tò Būzắntĭon | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον Būzắntĭon | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Βῡζᾰντῐᾰκός (Būzăntĭăkós)
- Βῡζᾰ́ντῐος (Būzắntĭos)
Descendants
- Arabic: بُوزَنْطِيَة (būzanṭiya), بُوزَنْطِيَا (būzanṭiyā)
- English: Byzantium
- French: Byzance
- Greek: Βυζάντιον (Vyzántion), Βυζάντιο (Vyzántio)
- Latin: Bȳzantion, Bȳzantium
- Latvian: Bizantija
- Polish: Bizancjum
- Romanian: Bizanț
- Russian: Византи́я (Vizantíja)
- Turkish: Bizans
References
- Βυζάντιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Βυζάντιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004