Byzas
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βύζας (Búzas)
Proper noun
Byzas
- (Ancient Greece) The legendary founder of Byzantium.
- 2019, Marion Kruse, The Politics of Roman Memory: From the Fall of the Western Empire to the Age of Justinian, University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 49:
- Romulus and Byzas are obviously parallel figures not only in their capacity as founders, but also in their genealogies.
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βύζας (Búzas); of Thracian origin.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbyːz.zaːs/, [ˈbyːz̪d̪͡z̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbid.d͡zas/, [ˈbid̪ː͡z̪äs]
Declension
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Bȳzās |
| Genitive | Bȳzae |
| Dative | Bȳzae |
| Accusative | Bȳzān Bȳzam |
| Ablative | Bȳzā |
| Vocative | Bȳzā |
Related terms
References
- Byzās in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Bȳzās” in volume 2, column 2270, line 14 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
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