Besynga

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Latin

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The river Sittaung

Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βησύγγα (Bēsúnga).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Bēsynga m sg (genitive Bēsyngae); first declension

  1. A river in India, mentioned by Ptolemy, probably the modern Sittaung
    • 1829, Gustav Adolph Schumann, Pentateuchus hebraice et graece, Volume 1, volume 1, page 36:
      Alii Phischon habent Gangem, alii Chrysorrhoam prope Damascum, alii Iordanem, alii Besyngam, qui nunc Irabatti dicatur, alii Indum.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Bēsynga
Genitive Bēsyngae
Dative Bēsyngae
Accusative Bēsyngam
Ablative Bēsyngā
Vocative Bēsynga

References

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  • India”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly