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Berytian

Syllables: Be·ryt·ian/bəˈɹɪʃən/

Berytian adjective: of or pertaining to Berytus (“the ancient city of Beirut”).

Adjective

Berytian (not comparable)

  1. (historical) Of or pertaining to Berytus (“the ancient city of Beirut”).
    • [P]reſently after Gideons death, the Iſraelites worſhipped Baal Berith, or Beryti, from the Citie called Berytum, [...] The like Judg[es] 9. 2, 4. i.e. the Idol of Berith, or the Berytian Citie. Whence it is moſt likely, that Gideon making a League, or having frequent Commerce with ſome Berytian...1671, Theoph[ilus] Gale, “Of the Phenecian Philosophie, Its Traduction from the Jews”, in The Court of the Gentiles: Or, A Discourse Touching the Original of Human Literature, both Philologie, and...
    • It will have been observed that the names of the Tyrian, Sidonian, and Berytian learned men and authors of the time—Antipater, Apollonius, Boëthus, Diodotus, Philo, Hermippus, Marinus, Paulus, Maximus, Porphyrius—are without exception either Latin or Greek.1889, George Rawlinson, “Political History”, in History of Phœnicia, London; New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, § 7 (Phœnicia under the Greeks (b.c. 323–65)), page 549

Noun

Berytian (plural Berytians)

  1. (historical) A native or inhabitant of Berytus (“the ancient city of Beirut”).
    • So that whether the Hermippus, whom he ſo frequently quotes, was the Smyrnean or the Berytian, is not always certain, and for the moſt part, can only be collected from Circumſtances and Conjecture.1736, [Charles Hayes], A Vindication of the History of the Septuagint from the Misrepresentations of the Learned Scaliger, Dupin, Dr. Hody, Dr. Prideaux, and Other Modern Criticks, London: […] T....
    • Nonnus, the poet of Panopolis in Egypt, records this claim of the Berytians in verses [...]1846, John Dudley, “On Cave Temples”, in Naology: Or, A Treatise on the Origin, Progress, and Symbolical Import of the Sacred Structures of the Most Eminent Nations and Ages of the World, London...

Examples of Berytian in a sentence

  • [P]reſently after Gideons death, the Iſraelites worſhipped Baal Berith, or Beryti, from the Citie called Berytum, [...] The like Judg[es] 9. 2, 4. i.e. the Idol of Berith, or the Berytian Citie.1671, Theoph[ilus] Gale, “Of the Phenecian Philosophie, Its Traduction from the Jews”, in The Court of the Gentiles: Or, A Discourse...
  • The only detailed accounts of Berytian religious beliefs and practices are found in a number of Greek and Roman texts written in or after the first century ce.2017, Mark Woolmer, “Religion”, in A Short History of the Phoenicians, London; New York, N.Y.: I.B. Tauris & Co., →ISBN, page 114:
  • One of the inscriptions set up by the Berytian association records how its members in their meetings had honored the Athenian people with crowns [...]2019, Taco Terpstra, “Public Institutions and the Phoenician Trade”, in Trade in the Ancient Mediterranean: Private Order and Public...
  • In the commercial, social and religious activities of Delos, the Berytians occupied a position second only to that of the Italians.1951, Philip K[huri] Hitti, “Trade and Industry”, in History of Syria: Including Lebanon and Palestine, London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC...

Forms of Berytian

Adjective
alternative formBerytan
alternative formBerytean
Noun
pluralBerytians

Origin of Berytian

From Berytus + -ian (suffix meaning ‘from, related to, or like’; or ‘one from, belonging to, relating to, or like’). Berytus is derived from Latin Bērȳtus, from Ancient Greek Βηρῡτός (Bērūtós), from a Semitic source.

Words that rhyme with Berytian

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Questions about Berytian

What does Berytian mean?
Berytian means of or pertaining to Berytus (“the ancient city of Beirut”).
How do you use Berytian in a sentence?
[P]reſently after Gideons death, the Iſraelites worſhipped Baal Berith, or Beryti, from the Citie called Berytum, [...] The like Judg[es] 9. 2, 4. i.e. the Idol of Berith, or the Berytian Citie.
What part of speech is Berytian?
Berytian can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce Berytian?
Berytian is pronounced /bəˈɹɪʃən/ (UK).

Words near Berytian in the dictionary

  1. Beryslav
  2. Berytan
  3. Berytans
  4. Berytean
  5. Beryteans
  6. Berytian
  7. Berytians
  8. berytid
  9. berytids
  10. berytinid
  11. berytinids

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