Βηρυτός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Phoenician 𐤁𐤓𐤕 (bērūt, “Beirut”), from Proto-West Semitic *biʾrāt- (“wells”). Doublet of Βηρώθ (Bērṓth, “Beeroth”) from Biblical Hebrew בְּאֵרוֹת (bəʾērōṯ).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

Βηρῡτός • (Bērūtós) f (genitive Βηρῡτοῦ); second declension

  1. Berytus (today known as Beirut)

Inflection
Second declension of ἡ Βηρῡτός; τῆς Βηρῡτοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Βηρῡτός
hē Bērūtós
Genitive τῆς Βηρῡτοῦ
tês Bērūtoû
Dative τῇ Βηρῡτῷ
têi Bērūtôi
Accusative τὴν Βηρῡτόν
tḕn Bērūtón
Vocative Βηρῡτέ
Bērūté
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Βηρυτός (Bērutós).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vi.ɾiˈtos/
  • Hyphenation: Βη‧ρυ‧τός

Proper noun

Βηρυτός • (Virytós) f

  1. Beirut (the capital of Lebanon)

Declension
  Βηρυτός
case     \     number singular
nominative Βηρυτός •
genitive Βηρυτού •
accusative Βηρυτό •
vocative Βηρυτέ •  Βηρυτό •

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