Berytus

English

Etymology

From Latin Bērȳtus, from Ancient Greek Βηρῡτός (Bērūtós), from a Semitic source. Doublet of Beirut.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛɹɪtəs/, /bəˈɹaɪtəs/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛɹɪtəs, -aɪtəs

Proper noun

Berytus

  1. (historical) The ancient city of Beirut.

Derived terms

Translations

References
  1. Worcester, Joseph E. (1861) An Elementary Dictionary of the English Language‎, Boston: Swan, Brewer & Tileston, page 326

German

Etymology

From Latin Bērȳtus.

Proper noun

Berytus n (proper noun, genitive Berytus' or (with an article) Berytus)

  1. Berytus (an ancient city in modern Lebanon; modern Beirut)

Derived terms

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Βηρυτός (Bērutós), from a Semitic source.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /beːˈryː.tus/, [beːˈryːt̪ʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /beˈri.tus/, [beˈriːt̪us]

Proper noun

Bērȳtus f sg (genitive Bērȳtī); second declension

  1. Berytus (today known as Beirut)

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Bērȳtus
Genitive Bērȳtī
Dative Bērȳtō
Accusative Bērȳtum
Ablative Bērȳtō
Vocative Bērȳte
Locative Bērȳtī

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → English: Berytus
  • French: Béryte
  • → German: Berytus
  • Italian: Berito
  • Spanish: Berito

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