Byzantion

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɪzancɪjon]

Proper noun

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

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Latin

Alternative forms

• Bȳzantium

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰuǵ-der.

Thracian *būzasder.

Ancient Greek Βῡ́ζᾱς (Bū́zās)

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)?

Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon)

Ancient Greek Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον (Būzắntĭon)bor.

Latin Bȳzantion

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον (Būzắntĭon).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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)

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Bȳzantion
genitive	Bȳzantiī
dative	Bȳzantiō
accusative	Bȳzantion
ablative	Bȳzantiō
vocative	Bȳzantion
locative	Bȳzantiī

Synonyms

• Cōnstantīnopolis

References

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