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Borysthenes
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Translingual
Etymology
mul :bor la:Borysthenēs 1 1 1, from mul grc Βορυσθένης.
Proper noun
m 1
genus family Cixiidae certain planthoppers
Derived terms
Borystheninae subfamily
References
Q17379520 1
mul Hemipterans
English
Etymology
en :bor la:Borysthenēs 1
en la Borysthenēs, from en grc Βορυσθένης.
Proper noun
1
en river en history The Dnieper, the Dnipro.
en 1887 The Provinces of the Roman Empire 236 https://books.google.com/books?id=_WAKAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA236 He induced also the king of the Scythians to desist from the siege of the town Chersonesus (Sebastopol) beyond the Borysthenes.
Translations
river
French: fr Borysthène m
Greek:
Ancient Greek: grc Βορυσθένης m
Latin: la Borysthenēs m
Latin
Etymology
la Borysthenēs :bor grc:Βορυσθένης + 1
Pronunciation
Borysthenēs
Proper noun
Borysthenēs<3> m
right|thumb|View of the river
la Borysthenes
Usage notes
Considered by the Roman geographers to be the chief river of Scythia.
Declension
Borysthenēs<3>
Derived terms
la Borysthenius Borysthenis Borysthenidae
Descendants
fr Borysthène
en Borysthenes 1
mul Borysthenes genus 1
References
Further reading
la Rivers