Bithynia

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Etymology

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Proper noun

Bithynia f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Bithyniidae – certain freshwater snails.

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English

Bithynia is coloured red in this map of the provinces of the Roman Empire in AD 120.

Etymology

From the Latin Bīthȳnia, from the Ancient Greek Βῑθῡνῐ́ᾱ (Bīthūníā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɪˈθɪni.ə/

Proper noun

Bithynia

  1. (historical) A region, ancient kingdom, and historical province of the Roman Empire, in the northwest of Asia Minor in modern Turkey.

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Latin

Bithynia (in red) on a map of the provinces of the Roman Empire circa AD 120.

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Βῑθῡνῐ́ᾱ (Bīthūníā).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Bīthȳnia f sg (genitive Bīthȳniae); first declension

  1. (historical) Bithynia (a region, ancient kingdom, and historical province of the Roman Empire, in the northwest of Asia Minor in modern Turkey)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Bīthȳnia
Genitive Bīthȳniae
Dative Bīthȳniae
Accusative Bīthȳniam
Ablative Bīthȳniā
Vocative Bīthȳnia
Locative Bīthȳniae

Derived terms

  • Bīthȳnī
  • Bīthȳnicus
  • Bīthȳniī
  • Bīthȳnion
  • Bīthȳnis
  • Bīthȳnius
  • Bīthȳnus

Descendants

  • English: Bithynia
  • Polish: Bitynia

References

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

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