LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

bȳzantīnus

bȳzantīnus (feminine bȳzantīna, neuter bȳzantīnum)
Classical[byːz.zanˈtiː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[bid.d͡zanˈtiː.nus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveByzantine

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativebȳzantīnusbȳzantīnabȳzantīnum
bȳzantīnon
genitivebȳzantīnībȳzantīnaebȳzantīnī
dativebȳzantīnōbȳzantīnaebȳzantīnō
accusativebȳzantīnum
bȳzantīnon
bȳzantīnam
bȳzantīnān
bȳzantīnum
bȳzantīnon
ablativebȳzantīnōbȳzantīnābȳzantīnō
vocativebȳzantīnebȳzantīnabȳzantīnum
bȳzantīnon
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativebȳzantīnī
bȳzantīnoe
bȳzantīnaebȳzantīna
genitivebȳzantīnōrumbȳzantīnārumbȳzantīnōrum
dativebȳzantīnīsbȳzantīnīsbȳzantīnīs
accusativebȳzantīnōsbȳzantīnāsbȳzantīna
ablativebȳzantīnīsbȳzantīnīsbȳzantīnīs
vocativebȳzantīnī
bȳzantīnoe
bȳzantīnaebȳzantīna

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *bʰuǵ-der. Thracian *būzasder. Ancient Greek Βῡ́ζᾱς (Bū́zās) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon) Ancient Greek Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον (Būzắntĭon)bor. Latin Bȳzantium Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin bȳzantīnus From Bȳzantium + -īnus.

Descendants
  • Catalanbizantí
  • Frenchbyzantin
  • Italianbizantino
  • Portuguesebizantino
  • Romanianbizantin
  • Spanishbizantino
  • EnglishByzantine
  • Asturianbizantín
  • Galicianbizantino

In English words that came into English from bȳzantīnus

  • Byzantinebȳzantīnus

Quick answers

What does bȳzantīnus mean in Latin?
bȳzantīnus, a adjective, means “Byzantine”.
How do you pronounce bȳzantīnus?
In classical Latin, [byːz.zanˈtiː.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [bid.d͡zanˈtiː.nus].