Bosporus

== English == === Proper noun === the Bosporus Alternative spelling of Bosphorus. == Danish == === Proper noun === Bosporus Bosphorus == German == === Etymology === From Latin Bosporus, from Ancient Greek Βόσπορος (Bósporos). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɔspoʁʊs/ Hyphenation: Bos‧po‧rus === Proper noun === der Bosporus m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Bosporus) Bosphorus (straight in Turkey) == Latin == === Alternative forms === Bosphorus Bosforus === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Βόσπορος (Bósporos). === Proper noun === Bosporus m sg (genitive Bosporī); second declension Any of multiple straits, chiefly the one known as the Bosphorus in English. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== Bosporus Cimmerius Bosporus Thracius === References === “Bosporus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Bosporus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “Bosporus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.