Byzas
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βύζας (Búzas)
Proper noun
Byzas
- (Ancient Greece) The legendary founder of Byzantium.
- 2019, Marion Kruse, The Politics of Roman Memory: From the Fall of the Western Empire to the Age of Justinian, University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 49:
- Romulus and Byzas are obviously parallel figures not only in their capacity as founders, but also in their genealogies.
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βύζας (Búzas), of Thracian origin.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbyːz.zaːs/, [ˈbyːz̪d̪͡z̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbid.d͡zas/, [ˈbid̪ː͡z̪äs]
Declension
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Bȳzās |
| Genitive | Bȳzae |
| Dative | Bȳzae |
| Accusative | Bȳzān Bȳzam |
| Ablative | Bȳzā |
| Vocative | Bȳzā |
Related terms
References
- Byzās in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “Bȳzās” in volume 2, column 2270, line 14 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
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