Borysthenes

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βορυσθένης (Borusthénēs). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bɔˈrys.tʰɛ.neːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [boˈris.te.nes] === Proper noun === Borysthenēs m sg (genitive Borysthenis); third declension Dnipro, Dnieper ==== Usage notes ==== Considered by the Roman geographers to be the chief river of Scythia. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== Borysthenius Borysthenis Borysthenidae === References === “Borysthenes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Borysthenes”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. === Further reading === “Borysthenes”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly