Byzantiac

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɪˈzantɪak/

Adjective

Byzantiac (not comparable)

1. (rare) Synonym of Byzantine
   • 1910, Daniel Quinn, Helladian Vistas, third edition, page 18:

     Under Byzantiac rule, the seat of government was in Constantine’s city on the Bosporos.

   • ibidem, page 160:

     Byzantiac Thessaly was notably large, as one can learn from the pages of Le Quien.

   • ibidem, page 164:

     In these Byzantiac times streams of plunderers and invaders swept over and through these plains.

   • 1960, N. Papahadjis, Monuments of Thessaloniki, second edition, page 18:

     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).

   • 1998, Μακάριος Τηλλυρίδης [Makarios Tellyrides], Πατριαρχεῖον τῆς μεγάλης πόλεως Ἀλεξανδρείας [The Patriarchate of the Great City of Alexandria], page 117:

     The Eparchy of Byzantiac Hispania / (south mainland Spain), / under the Metropolitan Bishopric / of Septon (Sefta or Keouta) / in Mauretania II or Tingitic Mauretania

     [original: Επαρχίας Βυζαντιακής Ισπανίας / (Εν τη νοτίω ηπειρωτική Ισπανία) / υπό μητρόπολιν το Σεπτόν / (Σέφτα ή Κέουτα) της δευτέρας / ή Τιγγιτανής Μαυριτανίας]

     Eparchías Vyzantiakís Ispanías / (En ti notío ipeirotikí Ispanía) / ypó mitrópolin to Septón / (Séfta í Kéouta) tis deftéras / í Tingitanís Mavritanías