Βύζας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Thracian *būzas (“he-goat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuǵ- (“buck, he-goat”).[1][2] Compare Persian بز (boz), English buck.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Βῡ́ζᾱς • (Bū́zās) m (genitive Βῡ́ζᾰντος); third declension

  1. a male given name, Byzas, from Thracian, legendary founder of Byzantium

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Βῡ́ζᾱς; τοῦ Βῡ́ζᾰντος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Βῡ́ζᾱς
ho Bū́zās
Genitive τοῦ Βῡ́ζᾰντος
toû Bū́zăntos
Dative τῷ Βῡ́ζᾰντῐ
tōî Bū́zăntĭ
Accusative τὸν Βῡ́ζᾰντᾰ
tòn Bū́zăntă
Vocative Βῦζᾰν
Bûzăn
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Latin: Bȳzās
    • → English: Byzas (learned)

References

  1. ^ Georgacas, Demetrius John (1947) “The Names of Constantinople”, in Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, volume 78, The Johns Hopkins University Press, →DOI, →JSTOR, pages 347–67
  2. ^ Duridanov, Ivan Vasiliev (1985) Die Sprache der Thraker‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Hieronymus Verlag, →ISBN, page 11

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