Bithynia
English
Bithynia is coloured red in this map of the provinces of the Roman Empire in AD 120.
Etymology
From the Latin Bīthȳnia, from the Ancient Greek Βῑθῡνῐ́ᾱ (Bīthūníā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɪˈθɪni.ə/
Proper noun
Bithynia
- An ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor.
Translations
ancient region
Further reading
Latin
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek Βῑθῡνῐ́ᾱ (Bīthūníā).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /biːˈtʰyː.ni.a/
Proper noun
Bīthȳnia f (genitive Bīthȳniae); first declension
- Bithynia (a very fruitful province in Asia Minor, between the Propontis and the Black Sea, where the Romans carried on a considerable trade)
Declension
First declension, with locative.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Bīthȳnia |
| genitive | Bīthȳniae |
| dative | Bīthȳniae |
| accusative | Bīthȳniam |
| ablative | Bīthȳniā |
| vocative | Bīthȳnia |
| locative | Bīthȳniae |
Derived terms
- Bīthȳnī
- Bīthȳnicus
- Bīthȳniī
- Bīthȳnion
- Bīthȳnis
- Bīthȳnius
- Bīthȳnus
Descendants
- English: Bithynia
References
- Bīthȳnĭa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Bithynia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Further reading
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