Βύζας

Βύζας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /by̌ː.zaːs/ → /ˈβy.zas/ → /ˈvi.zas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /by̌ː.zaːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈby.zas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβy.zas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvy.zas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.zas/

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

• Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον (Būzántion)

Descendants

• Greek: Βύζας (Výzas); Βύζαντας (Výzantas)
• Latin: Bȳzās

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:10.2307/283503, JSTOR 283503, pages 347–67
2. Duridanov, Ivan Vasiliev (1985) Die Sprache der Thraker‎ (in German), volume 2, Hieronymus Verlag, →ISBN, page 11

Further reading

• Βύζας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)