Belisarius

• Belisarios

From Latin Belisarius, from Byzantine Greek Βελισάριος (Belisários).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌbɛlɪˈsɛəɹi.əs/, /-ˈsɑːɹi.-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌbɛləˈsɛɹi.əs/, /-ˈsɑɹi.-/
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹi.əs

Belisarius

1. (history) A general of the Byzantine Empire, who was instrumental to Emperor Justinian's ambitious project of reconquering much of the Mediterranean territory of the former Western Roman Empire, which had been lost less than a century previously.

Probably from Gothic, from Proto-Germanic *bilją (“axe”) + *harjaz (“army”).

The name was in use in Galicia (Spain) and Portugal during the Early Middle Ages, where it left some place names (Belesar, Belsar), but was not used in Catalonia in the Mediterranean, so it might rather be Suevic [Term?].

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [bɛ.lɪˈsaː.ri.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [be.liˈs̬aː.ri.us]

Belisārius m (genitive Belisāriī); second declension

1. Belisarius (Roman general)
2. a male given name from Proto-Germanic, equivalent to English Belisarius

Second-declension noun.

• French: Bélisaire, Bélizaire
• Galician: Belesar, Belsar
• Italian: Belisario
• Spanish: Belisario, Belizario
• Portuguese: Belisário
• → English: Belisarius

• Piel, Joseph M., Kremer, Dieter (1976) Hispano-gotisches Namenbuch, Heidelberg: Carl Winter - Universitätsverlag, →ISBN, p. 99.
• Jordi Bolòs i Masclans, Josep Moran (1994) Repertori D’Antropònims Catalans: (RAC), Volum 1‎^[1], Institut d'Estudis Catalans, →ISBN