Biosáint

From Latin Bȳzantium, from Ancient Greek Βυζάντιον (Buzántion), from Βύζας (Búzas), the city's legendary founder.

an Bhiosáint f (genitive na Biosáinte)

1. Byzantium (the Byzantine Empire)

   ealaín na Biosáinte ― Byzantine art

   impire na Biosáinte ― Byzantine emperor

Used primarily in the genitive to mean “Byzantine” in the sense “belonging or pertaining to the Byzantine Empire”. When not modifying another noun, the full phrase Impireacht na Biosáinte or an Impireacht Bhiosántach is preferred.

• Impireacht na Biosáinte (“Byzantine Empire”)

• Biosáintiam (“Byzantium (the city)”)
• Biosántach (“Byzantine”)

• “Biosáint”, in The National Terminology Database for Irish, Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge, DCU and Foras na Gaeilge, 2006–2025