Borysthenes

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βορυσθένης (Borusthénēs).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /boˈrys.tʰe.neːs/, [bɔˈrʏs̠t̪ʰɛneːs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /boˈris.te.nes/, [boˈrist̪enes]
View of the river

Proper noun

Borysthenēs m sg (genitive Borysthenis); third declension

  1. Dnipro, Dnieper

Usage notes

Considered by the Roman geographers to be the chief river of Scythia

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Borysthenēs
Genitive Borysthenis
Dative Borysthenī
Accusative Borysthenem
Ablative Borysthene
Vocative Borysthenēs

Derived terms
  • Borysthenius
  • Borysthenis
  • Borysthenidae

References
  • “Borysthenes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Borysthenes”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Borysthenes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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