- Byzantium
- Byzantĭum, ii, n., = Buzantion, a city in Thrace, on the Bosphorus, opposite the Asiatic Chalcedon, later Constantinopolis, now Constantinople; among the Turks, Istamboul or Stamboul (i.e. eis tên polin), Mel. 2, 2, 6; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 46; 9, 15, 20, § 50 sq.; Nep. Paus. 2, 2; Liv. 38, 16, 3 sq.; Tac. A. 12, 63 sq.; id. H. 2. 83; 3, 47 al.—II.Derivv.A.Byzantĭus, a, um, adj., of Byzantium, Byzantine:B.
litora,
the Strait of Constantinople, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 31:portus,
Plin. 9, 15, 20, § 51.— Subst.: By-zantĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Byzantium, Cic. Prov. Cons. 3, 5; 4, 6 sq.; id. Verr. 2, 2, 31, § 76; Nep. Timoth. 1, 2; Liv. 32, 33, 7.—Byzantĭăcus, a, um, adj., of Byzantium:C.lacerti,
Stat. S. 4, 9, 13. —Byzantīnus, a, um, adj., the same (post-class.):Lygos,
Aus. Clar. Urb. 2:frigora,
Sid. Ep. 7, 17.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.