Byzantium

English

Etymology

From Latin Byzantium, from Ancient Greek Βυζάντιον (Buzántion).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɪˈzænti.əm/

Noun

Byzantium (uncountable)

  1. A dark shade of purple, close to Tyrian purple and palatinate purple
    byzantium colour:  

Proper noun

Byzantium

  1. (historical) The ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus, named Constantinople in 330 CE, and now known as Istanbul.
  2. (uncommon) The Byzantine Empire.

Translations
Byzantine Empire — see Byzantine Empire

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Βυζάντιον (Buzántion).

Proper noun

Bȳzantium n (genitive Bȳzantiī); second declension

  1. Byzantium (ancient city on the Bosporus prior to becoming a capital, modern Istanbul)

Declension

Second declension, with locative.

Case Singular
Nominative Bȳzantium
Genitive Bȳzantiī
Dative Bȳzantiō
Accusative Bȳzantium
Ablative Bȳzantiō
Vocative Bȳzantium
Locative Bȳzantiī

Synonyms

References
  • Byzantium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Byzantium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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