Bithynia
English
Bithynia is coloured red in this map of the provinces of the Roman Empire in AD 120.
Etymology
From the Latin Bīthȳnia, from the Ancient Greek Βῑθῡνῐ́ᾱ (Bīthūníā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɪˈθɪni.ə/
Proper noun
Bithynia
- (historical) A region, ancient kingdom, and historical province of the Roman Empire, in the northwest of Asia Minor in modern Turkey.
- A taxonomic genus within the family Bithyniidae – certain freshwater snails.
Translations
ancient region
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Latin
Bithynia (in red) on a map of the provinces of the Roman Empire circa AD 120.
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek Βῑθῡνῐ́ᾱ (Bīthūníā).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /biːˈtʰyː.ni.a/, [biːˈt̪ʰyːniä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /biˈti.ni.a/, [biˈt̪iːniä]
Proper noun
Bīthȳnia f sg (genitive Bīthȳniae); first declension
- (historical) Bithynia (a region, ancient kingdom, and historical province of the Roman Empire, in the northwest of Asia Minor in modern Turkey)
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Bīthȳnia |
| Genitive | Bīthȳniae |
| Dative | Bīthȳniae |
| Accusative | Bīthȳniam |
| Ablative | Bīthȳniā |
| Vocative | Bīthȳnia |
| Locative | Bīthȳniae |
Derived terms
- Bīthȳnī
- Bīthȳnicus
- Bīthȳniī
- Bīthȳnion
- Bīthȳnis
- Bīthȳnius
- Bīthȳnus
References
- “Bīthȳnĭa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Bithynia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Further reading
Bithynia on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
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