Berytus

English

Etymology

From Latin Bērȳtus, from Ancient Greek Βηρῡτός (Bērūtós), from Phoenician 𐤁𐤓𐤕 (brt). Doublet of Beirut.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɛɹɪtəs/, /bəˈɹaɪtəs/[1]
Rhymes: -ɛɹɪtəs, -aɪtəs

Proper noun

Berytus

(historical) The ancient city of Beirut.

Derived terms

Berytian

Translations

the ancient city of Beirut

French: Béryte (fr) f
German: Berytus
Greek:
Ancient: Βηρυτός f (Bērutós)
Italian: Berito
Latin: Bērȳtus f
Russian: Берит m (Berit)
Spanish: Berito

References

Worcester, Joseph E. (1861) An Elementary Dictionary of the English Language‎, Boston: Swan, Brewer & Tileston, page 326

German

Etymology

From Latin Bērȳtus.

Proper noun

Berytus n (proper noun, genitive Berytus' or (with an article) Berytus)

Berytus (an ancient city in modern Lebanon; modern Beirut)

Derived terms

Latin

Alternative forms

Bērȳtos

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Βηρυτός (Bērutós), from Phoenician 𐤁𐤓𐤕 (brt).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /beːˈryː.tus/, [beːˈryːt̪ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /beˈri.tus/, [beˈriːt̪us]

Proper noun

Bērȳtus f sg (genitive Bērȳtī); second declension

Berytus (today known as Beirut)

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Bērȳtus
Genitive	Bērȳtī
Dative	Bērȳtō
Accusative	Bērȳtum
Ablative	Bērȳtō
Vocative	Bērȳte
Locative	Bērȳtī

Derived terms

Descendants

→ English: Berytus
French: Béryte
→ German: Berytus
Italian: Berito
Spanish: Berito

References

“Berytus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Berytus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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