Βυζάντιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Βῡ́ζᾱς (Bū́zās, “Byzas”) +‎ -ῐον (-ion), the city's legendary founder.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /byːz.dán.ti.on/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /byˈzan.ti.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βyˈzan.ti.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vyˈzan.ti.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /viˈzan.di.on/

Proper noun

Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον • (Būzántion) n (genitive Βῡζᾰντῐ́ου); second declension

Byzantium.

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Βῡζᾰ́ντῐος (Būzántios)

Descendants

English: Byzantium
French: Byzance
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Βυζάντιο (Vyzántio)
Latin: Bȳzantion, Bȳzantium
Latvian: Bizantija
Polish: Bizancjum
Romanian: Bizanț
Russian: Византи́я (Vizantíja)
Turkish: Bizans

References

Βυζάντιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Βυζάντιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004

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