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Byzantiac en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /baɪˈzantɪak/

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek Βῡζᾰντῐᾰκός (Būzăntĭăkós), in some uses perhaps via Greek Βυζαντιακός (Vyzantiakós).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, rare) Synonym of Byzantine.
   • Under Byzantiac rule, the seat of government was in Constantine’s city on the Bosporos. 1910, Daniel Quinn, Helladian Vistas, third edition, page 18:
   • Byzantiac Thessaly was notably large, as one can learn from the pages of Le Quien. ibidem, page 160
   • That church was sometimes associated with the little church of “Taxiarchae” (a title that can also be expressed in terms of Archangels or Asomati) of later Byzantiac years, which is situated higher up towards the acropolis (see pp. 52 and 53). 1960, N. Papahadjis, Monuments of Thessaloniki, second edition, page 18:
   • Επαρχίας Βυζαντιακής Ισπανίας / (Εν τη νοτίω ηπειρωτική Ισπανία) / υπό μητρόπολιν το Σεπτόν / (Σέφτα ή Κέουτα) της δευτέρας / ή Τιγγιτανής Μαυριτανίας 1998, Μακάριος Τηλλυρίδης [Makarios Tellyrides], Πατριαρχεῖον τῆς μεγάλης πόλεως Ἀλεξανδρείας [The Patriarchate of the Great City of Alexandria], page 117:
   • In these Byzantiac times streams of plunderers and invaders swept over and through these plains. ibidem, page 164

Synonyms

Byzantine