Βύζας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Thracian *būzas (“he-goat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuǵ- (“buck, he-goat”).[1][2] Compare Persian بز (boz), English buck.

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Βῡ́ζᾱς • (Bū́zās) m (genitive Βῡ́ζᾰντος); third declension

  1. a male given name from Thracian: Byzas, legendary founder of Byzantium

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Βῡ́ζᾱς; τοῦ Βῡ́ζᾰντος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Βῡ́ζᾱς
ho Bū́zās
Genitive τοῦ Βῡ́ζᾰντος
toû Bū́zantos
Dative τῷ Βῡ́ζᾰντῐ
tôi Bū́zanti
Accusative τὸν Βῡ́ζᾰντᾰ
tòn Bū́zanta
Vocative Βῦζᾰν
Bûzan
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Ancient Greek: Βύζας (Búzas); Βύζαντας (Výzantas)

References
  1. Georgacas, Demetrius John (1947) “The Names of Constantinople”, in Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, volume 78, The Johns Hopkins University Press, →DOI, →JSTOR, pages 347–67
  2. Duridanov, Ivan Vasiliev (1985) Die Sprache der Thraker‎ (in German), volume 2, Hieronymus Verlag, →ISBN, page 11

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