English

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

Related terms

• Bezant
• Byzant
• Byzantine

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)

Synonyms

• Cōnstantīnopolis

Declension

Second declension, with locative.

References

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