"Βυζάντιον" meaning in Ancient Greek

See Βυζάντιον in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /byːz.dán.ti.on/, /βyˈzan.ti.on/, /viˈzan.di.on/, /byːz.dán.ti.on/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /byˈzan.ti.on/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /βyˈzan.ti.on/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /vyˈzan.ti.on/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /viˈzan.di.on/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Βῡ́ζᾱς (Bū́zās, “Byzas”) + -ῐον (-ion), the city's legendary founder. Etymology templates: {{af|grc|Βῡ́ζᾱς|-ῐον|t1=Byzas}} Βῡ́ζᾱς (Bū́zās, “Byzas”) + -ῐον (-ion) Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Βῡζᾰντῐ́ου|n|second|head=Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον}} Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον • (Būzántion) n (genitive Βῡζᾰντῐ́ου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον|ου|form=S}} Forms: Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον [canonical], Būzántion [romanization], Βῡζᾰντῐ́ου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], τὸ Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον [nominative, singular], τοῦ Βῡζᾰντῐ́ου [genitive, singular], τῷ Βῡζᾰντῐ́ῳ [dative, singular], τὸ Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον [accusative, singular], Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον [singular, vocative]
  1. Byzantium. Wikipedia link: Byzantium Categories (place): Cities, Cities in Turkey Derived forms: Βῡζᾰντῐᾰκός (Būzantiakós), Βῡζᾰ́ντῐος (Būzántios)

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