Barca

la-proper noun

Barca f sg (genitive Barcae); first declension

Barcae (genitive)
Barca (nominative singular)
Barcae (nominative plural)
Barcae (genitive singular)
Barcārum (genitive plural)
Barcae (dative singular)
Barcīs (dative plural)
Barcam (accusative singular)
Barcās (accusative plural)
Barcā (ablative singular)
Barcīs (ablative plural)
Barca (singular vocative)
Barcae (plural vocative)

From Punic 𐤁𐤓𐤒 (Baraq), from Phoenician 𐤁𐤓𐤒 (baraq, “lightning”), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *baraḳ-.

a surname from Punic, particularly (historical) a dynasty of Carthaginian leaders.


Ancyra

Ancȳra f sg (genitive Ancȳrae); first declension

Ancȳra (canonical feminine singular)
Ancȳrae (genitive)
Ancȳra (nominative singular)
Ancȳrae (genitive singular)
Ancȳrae (dative singular)
Ancȳram (accusative singular)
Ancȳrā (ablative singular)
Ancȳra (singular vocative)
Ancȳrae (locative singular)

English: Ancyra

French: Ancyre

[än̠ʲˈt͡ʃiːrä]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄγκῡρα (Ánkūra).


Tiberius

Tiberius m (genitive Tiberiī or Tiberī); second declension

Tiberiī (genitive)
Tiberī (genitive)
Tiberius (nominative singular)
Tiberiī (nominative plural)
Tiberiī (genitive singular)
Tiberī (genitive singular)
Tiberiōrum (genitive plural)
Tiberiō (dative singular)
Tiberiīs (dative plural)
Tiberium (accusative singular)
Tiberiōs (accusative plural)
Tiberiō (ablative singular)
Tiberiīs (ablative plural)
Tiberī (singular vocative)
Tiberiī (plural vocative)
Ti. (alternative)

→ Basque: Tiberio

→ Belarusian: Тыбе́рый (Tybjéryj)

→ Catalan: Tiberi

→ Dutch: Tiberius

→ English: Tiberius

→ Esperanto: Tiberio

→ West Frisian: Tibearius

→ French: Tibère

→ Galician: Tiberio

→ German: Tiberius

→ Koine Greek: Τιβέριος (Tibérios)

→ Greek: Τιβέριος (Tivérios)

→ Irish: Tibir

→ Italian: Tiberio

→ Ligurian: Tibeio

→ Latvian: Tiberijs

→ Lithuanian: Tiberijus

→ Occitan: Tibèri

→ Piedmontese: Tiberi

→ Polish: Tyberiusz

→ Portuguese: Tibério

→ Romanian: Tiberiu

→ Russian: Тибе́рий (Tibérij)

→ Sicilian: Tibberiu

→ Spanish: Tiberio

→ Ukrainian: Тибе́рій (Tybérij)

From Tiberis (“Tiber river”) + -ius (“relative adjective marker”). C.f. Etruscan 𐌈𐌄𐌚𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌄 (θefarie), presumably borrowed from Faliscan *Tiferio(s).

suf

(history) a male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Emperors of the Byzantine Roman Empire Tiberius II Constantinus (r. 574–582 C.E.) and Tiberius III (r. 698–705 C.E.)


Byzantium

la-proper noun

Bȳzantium n sg (genitive Bȳzantiī or Bȳzantī); second declension

Bȳzantium (canonical neuter singular)
Bȳzantiī (genitive)
Bȳzantī (genitive)
Bȳzantium (nominative singular)
Bȳzantiī (genitive singular)
Bȳzantī (genitive singular)
Bȳzantiō (dative singular)
Bȳzantium (accusative singular)
Bȳzantiō (ablative singular)
Bȳzantium (singular vocative)
Bȳzantiī (locative singular)
Bȳzantion (alternative)
Bīzantium (alternative)

Asturian: Bizanciu

Catalan: Bizanci

French: Byzance

Galician: Bizancio

Irish: Biosáint

Italian: Bisanzio

Portuguese: Bizâncio

Romanian: Bizanț, Bizanțiu

Spanish: Bizancio

Welsh: Bisantiwm

[byːz̪ˈz̪än̪t̪iʊ̃ˑ]

From Ancient Greek Βυζάντιον (Buzántion).

Byzantium (ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, later called Constantinople; modern Istanbul)


Galatia

Galatīa f sg (genitive Galatīae); first declension

Galatīa (canonical feminine singular)
Galatīae (genitive)
Galatīa (nominative singular)
Galatīae (genitive singular)
Galatīae (dative singular)
Galatīam (accusative singular)
Galatīā (ablative singular)
Galatīa (singular vocative)
Galatīae (locative singular)

Old French: Gialde

French: Jaude

Italian: Galazia

→ Armenian: Գաղատիա (Gaġatia)

→ Catalan: Galàcia

→ English: Galatia

→ Finnish: Galatia

→ French: Galatie

→ German: Galatien

→ Irish: an Ghaláit

→ Polish: Galacja

→ Portuguese: Galácia

→ Romanian: Galatia

→ Russian: Галатия (Galatija)

→ Spanish: Galacia

→ Swedish: Galatien

→ Turkish: Galatia

[ɡäɫ̪äˈt̪iːä]

[ɡäläˈt̪iːä]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γᾰλᾰτῐ́ᾱ (Gălătĭ́ā).

Holonym: Anatolia

Meronyms: Ancyra, Pessinus, Rosologiacum, Tavium

Galatia (region of Anatolia, later a Roman province)


Zeno

Zēnō m sg (genitive Zēnōnis); third declension

Zēnō (canonical masculine singular)
Zēnōnis (genitive)
Zēnō (nominative singular)
Zēnōnis (genitive singular)
Zēnōnī (dative singular)
Zēnōnem (accusative singular)
Zēnōne (ablative singular)
Zēnō (singular vocative)
Zēnōn (alternative)

→ English: Zeno

→ Italian: Zeno

[ˈd̪͡z̪ɛːno]

From Ancient Greek Ζήνων (Zḗnōn), an ancient derivative of Ζεύς (Zeús), from Proto-Hellenic *dzéus, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws.

a male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Zeno Eleates (c. 495–430 BCE), pre-Socratic Greek philosopher of Magna Graecia from Velia (Elea) in Campania, Italy

a male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Zeno Citieus (c. 334–262 BCE), Hellenistic Stoic philosopher from Citium on the island of Cyprus

(Byzantine Empire) a male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Flavius Zeno (c. 425–491 C.E.), Roman Emperor of the eastern Roman Empire from 474 to 475 and the Byzantine Empire from 476 to 491


Byzantion

Bȳzantion n sg (genitive Bȳzantiī); second declension

Bȳzantion (canonical neuter singular)
Bȳzantiī (genitive)
Bȳzantion (nominative singular)
Bȳzantiī (genitive singular)
Bȳzantiō (dative singular)
Bȳzantion (accusative singular)
Bȳzantiō (ablative singular)
Bȳzantion (singular vocative)
Bȳzantiī (locative singular)
Bȳzantium (alternative)

From Ancient Greek Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον (Būzắntĭon).

Alternative form of Bȳzantium (“Byzantium, ancient city on the Bosporus founded c. 660 BC, becoming an Eastern Roman capital named Constantinople from c. AD 330-1930; now called Istanbul”)


Carthago Nova

Carthāgō Nova f sg (genitive Carthāginis Novae); third declension

Carthāgō Nova (canonical feminine singular)
Carthāginis Novae (genitive)
Carthāgō Nova (nominative singular)
Carthāginis Novae (genitive singular)
Carthāginī Novae (dative singular)
Carthāginem Novam (accusative singular)
Carthāgine Novā (ablative singular)
Carthāgō Nova (singular vocative)
Carthāginī Novae (locative singular)
Carthāgine Novae (locative singular)

[kärˈt̪ʰäːɡoː ˈnou̯ä]

[kärˈt̪äːɡo ˈnɔːvä]

From Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕-𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (qrt-ḥdšt), from 𐤒𐤓𐤕 (qrt, “city”) + 𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (ḥdšt, “new”) as opposed to the colonists' mother city of Carthage. Doublet of Carthago, Carchedon, and Carthada.

doublet

(chiefly historical) Former name of Carthagenna, Cartagena (a city in Spain)


Cyzicus

la-proper noun

Cȳzicus f sg (genitive Cȳzicī); second declension

Cȳzicus (canonical feminine singular)
Cȳzicī (genitive)
Cȳzicus (nominative singular)
Cȳzicī (genitive singular)
Cȳzicō (dative singular)
Cȳzicum (accusative singular)
Cȳzicō (ablative singular)
Cȳzice (singular vocative)
Cȳzicī (locative singular)
Cȳzicos (alternative)
Cȳzicum (alternative)

English: Cyzicus

French: Cyzique

Italian: Cizico

Spanish: Cícico

[ˈkyːz̪ːɪkʊs̠]

(historical) Cyzicus (an ancient town in Turkey)


Zenon

Zēnōn m sg (genitive Zēnōnis); third declension

Zēnōn (canonical masculine singular)
Zēnōnis (genitive)
Zēnōn (nominative singular)
Zēnōnis (genitive singular)
Zēnōnī (dative singular)
Zēnōnem (accusative singular)
Zēnōne (ablative singular)
Zēnōn (singular vocative)
Zēno (alternative)

a male given name from Ancient Greek, feminine equivalent Zēna, equivalent to Ancient Greek Ζήνων (Zḗnōn) or English Zeno


Dorylaeum

Dorylaeum n sg (genitive Dorylaeī); second declension

Dorylaeī (genitive)
Dorylaeum (nominative singular)
Dorylaeī (genitive singular)
Dorylaeō (dative singular)
Dorylaeum (accusative singular)
Dorylaeō (ablative singular)
Dorylaeum (singular vocative)
Dorylaeī (locative singular)

English: Dorylaeum

French: Dorylée

[d̪ɔrʏˈɫ̪äe̯ʊ̃ˑ]

From Ancient Greek Δορύλαιον (Dorúlaion).

Dorylaeum (a former city in central Anatolia, near the city of Eskisehir in present-day Turkey)


Iustinus

Iūstīnus m sg (genitive Iūstīnī); second declension

Iūstīnus (canonical masculine singular)
Iūstīnī (genitive)
Iūstīnus (nominative singular)
Iūstīnī (genitive singular)
Iūstīnō (dative singular)
Iūstīnum (accusative singular)
Iūstīnō (ablative singular)
Iūstīne (singular vocative)
Jūstīnus (alternative)

desc

→ Byzantine Greek: Ἰουστῖνος (Ioustînos)

Greek: Ιουστίνος (Ioustínos)

→ Russian: Иусти́н (Iustín)

Aragonese: Chustín

Catalan: Justí

→ Dutch: Justinus

→ English: Justin

→ Russian: Джа́стин (Džástin)

→ Estonian: Justinus

→ Faroese: Jústinus

→ Finnish: Justinus

French: Justin

→ German: Justin

Galician: Xustino

→ Hungarian: Iusztinosz

Italian: Giustino

→ Latvian: Justīns

Neapolitan: Giustino

Romanian: Iustin

Sardinian: Giustinu

Sicilian: Giustinu

→ Polish: Justyn

Portuguese: Justino

→ Russian: Юсти́н (Justín)

→ Slovene: Justin

Spanish: Justín

From iūstus (“just, fair, righteous”) + -īnus, from Proto-Italic *jowestos (“just, lawful”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- (“upright; justice, law”).

der

a male given name, feminine equivalent Iūstīna, equivalent to Koine Greek Ἰουστῖνος (Ioustînos) or English Justin


Iustinianus

la-proper noun

Iūstīniānus m sg (genitive Iūstīniānī); second declension

Iūstīniānus (canonical masculine singular)
Iūstīniānī (genitive)
Iūstīniānus (nominative singular)
Iūstīniānī (genitive singular)
Iūstīniānō (dative singular)
Iūstīniānum (accusative singular)
Iūstīniānō (ablative singular)
Iūstīniāne (singular vocative)
Jūstīniānus (alternative)

From Iūstīnus (“Justin”) + -iānus, a proper name from Proto-Italic *jowestos (“just, right, lawful”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- (“upright; justice, law”).

der

Greek East and Latin West
Italy
Justinian I
Ravenna
Roman Empire
Theodora (6th century)
Western Roman Empire
la:Iustinianus

Ἰουστινιανός

a male given name from Iūstīnus, feminine equivalent Iūstīniāna, equivalent to Koine Greek Ἰουστινιανός (Ioustinianós) or English Justinian


Amorium

la-proper noun

Amorium n sg (genitive Amoriī or Amorī); second declension

Amoriī (genitive)
Amorī (genitive)
Amorium (nominative singular)
Amoriī (genitive singular)
Amorī (genitive singular)
Amoriō (dative singular)
Amorium (accusative singular)
Amoriō (ablative singular)
Amorium (singular vocative)
Amoriī (locative singular)
Amorion (alternative)

English: Amorium

(historical) Amorium, Amorion (a city in Phrygia, Asia Minor), legendary birthplace of Aesop, growing into significance in the Hellenistic and Byzantine eras until destroyed by the Arab Sack of Amorium in 838; home of the famed 42 Martyrs of Amorium executed for refusing to submit to Islam in 845; now in modern-day Turkey


Rosologiacum

Rosologiacum n sg (genitive Rosologiacī); second declension

Rosologiacī (genitive)
Rosologiacum (nominative singular)
Rosologiacī (genitive singular)
Rosologiacō (dative singular)
Rosologiacum (accusative singular)
Rosologiacō (ablative singular)
Rosologiacum (singular vocative)
Rosologiacī (locative singular)


Varingus

Varingus m (genitive Varingī); second declension

Varingī (genitive)
Varingus (nominative singular)
Varingī (nominative plural)
Varingī (genitive singular)
Varingōrum (genitive plural)
Varingō (dative singular)
Varingīs (dative plural)
Varingum (accusative singular)
Varingōs (accusative plural)
Varingō (ablative singular)
Varingīs (ablative plural)
Varinge (singular vocative)
Varingī (plural vocative)
Barangus (alternative)
Farganus (alternative)
Guarangus (alternative)
Guaringus (alternative)
Pharganus (alternative)
Warangus (alternative)
Waringus (alternative)
Wargus (alternative)
Varaegus (alternative)
Varegus (alternative)
Varangus (alternative)
Vargus (alternative)

desctree

→ Byzantine Greek: Βάραγγος (Bárangos), Φάργανος (Phárganos)
Greek: Βάραγγος (Várangos)
→ Old Church Slavonic: варѧгъ (varęgŭ)
→ Old East Slavic: варѧгъ (varęgŭ) (learned)
Old Ruthenian: варѧ́гъ (varjáh), вара́гъ (varáh)
Belarusian: вара́г (varáh)
Carpathian Rusyn: Варя́г (Varjáh)
Ukrainian: варя́г (varjáh)
Russian: варя́г (varjág) (see there for further descendants)
→ English: Varangian (learned)

[u̯äˈrɪŋɡʊs̠]

From a Germanic origin, likely via Old Norse væringi (literally “sworn companion”), from vár (“pledge, oath”) + gengi (“companion”).

af

(historical) Varangian; a soldier of Nordic or Anglo-Saxon origin, most distinguished for forming the elite Varangian Guard army unit in the Byzantine Empire, serving as the personal bodyguard of the Byzantine Roman Emperor in Constantinople


Varingi

la-proper noun

Varingī m pl (genitive Varingōrum); second declension

Varingī (canonical masculine plural)
Varingōrum (genitive)
Varingī (nominative plural)
Varingōrum (genitive plural)
Varingīs (dative plural)
Varingōs (accusative plural)
Varingīs (ablative plural)
Varingī (plural vocative)
Barangi (alternative)
Fargani (alternative)
Guarangi (alternative)
Guaringi (alternative)
Phargani (alternative)
Warangi (alternative)
Waringi (alternative)
Wargi (alternative)
Varaegi (alternative)
Varegi (alternative)
Varangi (alternative)
Vargi (alternative)

[u̯äˈrɪŋɡiː]

(historical, collective) the Varangians (a medieval tribe or ethnic grouping of Norse origin)


Arabia Petraea

Arabia Petraea f sg (genitive Arabiae Petraeae); first declension

Arabiae Petraeae (genitive)
Arabia Petraea (nominative singular)
Arabiae Petraeae (genitive singular)
Arabiae Petraeae (dative singular)
Arabiam Petraeam (accusative singular)
Arabiā Petraeā (ablative singular)
Arabia Petraea (singular vocative)

Literally “Petran Arabia”, “Arabia around Petra”. The term postdates the Roman conquest of Nabatea and is not found in older geographers.

A province of the Roman Empire from the 2nd century, primarily in modern Jordan and Egypt.