Byzantion

Borrowed from Latin Bȳzantion, from Ancient Greek Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον (Būzắntĭon).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɪzancɪjon]

Byzantion n

1. (historical) Byzantium (an ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, renamed Constantinople in 330 C.E.; modern Istanbul)

   Synonyms: Cařihrad, Istanbul, Konstantinopol

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Bȳzantium

From Ancient Greek Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον (Būzắntĭon).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [byːzˈzan.ti.ɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [bid̪ˈd̪͡z̪an.t̪͡s̪i.on]

Bȳzantion n sg (genitive Bȳzantiī); second declension

1. alternative form of Bȳzantium: (historical) Byzantium (an ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, renamed Constantinople in 330 C.E.; modern Istanbul)

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

• Cōnstantīnopolis

• Byzantion in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.