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Bithynia

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Etymology

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Proper noun

Bithynia f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Bithyniidae – certain freshwater snails.

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English

Etymology

From the Latin Bīthȳnia, from the Ancient Greek Βῑθῡνῐ́ᾱ (Bīthūnĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Bithynia

  1. (historical) A geographic region, ancient kingdom, and historical province of the Roman Empire in the northwest of Asia Minor in modern Turkey.

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Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Βῑθῡνῐ́ᾱ (Bīthūnĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Bīthȳnia f sg (genitive Bīthȳniae); first declension

  1. (historical) Bithynia (a geographic region, ancient kingdom, and historical province of the Roman Empire in the northwest of Asia Minor in modern Turkey)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Derived terms

  • Bīthȳnī
  • Bīthȳnicus
  • Bīthȳniī
  • Bīthȳnion
  • Bīthȳnis
  • Bīthȳnius
  • Bīthȳnus

Descendants

  • English: Bithynia
  • Polish: Bitynia

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.

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