Byzantium, A citle of Thrace, now called Constantinople sometime bullded by Pausanias Duke of Spartanes, the inhabitauntes whereof were called Byzantij. Afterwarde it was augmented by Constantine the Empero and was the chiefe and heade of all the Empyre orientall. It is nowe vuder the Tnrke, who wanne it in the yeare. 1453.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Bzantĭum, ii, n., = *buza/ntion, a city in Thrace, on the Bosphorus, opposite the Asiatic Chalcedon, later Constantinopolis, now Constantinople; among the Turks, Istamboul or Stamboul (i.e. eis th\n po/lin), 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. Bzantĭus, a, um, adj., of Byzantium, Byzantine: litora,
the Strait of Constantinople
, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 31: portus, Plin. 9, 15, 20, 51.—Subst.: B-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.—B. Bzantĭăcus, a, um, adj., of Byzantium: lacerti, Stat. S. 4, 9, 13. —C. Bzantīnus, a, um, adj., the same (post-class.): Lygos, Aus. Clar. Urb. 2: frigora, Sid. Ep. 7, 17.