Byzantium

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Bȳzantium, from Ancient Greek Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον (Būzắntĭon), named after its legendary founder, Byzas. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɪˈzæn.ti.əm/, /bɪˈzæn.ʃəm/ === Proper noun === Byzantium (historical) An ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, renamed Constantinople in 330 C.E.; modern Istanbul. (historical, by extension) An ancient Greek empire in Southeastern Europe and Western Asia, with its capital at Constantinople; in full, Byzantine Empire. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Byzantium (uncountable) A dark shade of purple, close to Tyrian purple and palatinate purple. == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Bȳzantium, from Ancient Greek Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον (Būzắntĭon). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌbiˈzɑn.ti.ʏm/, /ˌbiˈzɑn.tsi.ʏm/ Hyphenation: By‧zan‧ti‧um === Proper noun === Byzantium n (historical) Byzantium (an ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, renamed Constantinople in 330 C.E.; modern Istanbul) ==== Derived terms ==== Byzantijn == Latin == === Alternative forms === Bȳzantion Bīzantium (Medieval Latin) === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον (Būzắntĭon). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [byːzˈzan.ti.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [bidˈd͡zan.t͡si.um] === Proper noun === Bȳzantium n sg (genitive Bȳzantiī or Bȳzantī); second declension (historical) Byzantium (an ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, renamed Constantinople in 330 C.E.; modern Istanbul) Synonyms: Cōnstantīnopolis, Nova Rōma ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Asturian: Bizanciu Catalan: Bizanci French: Byzance Galician: Bizancio Irish: Biosáint Italian: Bisanzio Portuguese: Bizâncio Romanian: Bizanț, Bizanțiu Spanish: Bizancio Welsh: Bisantiwm === References === “Bȳzantĭum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Byzantium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.