Berecyntus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βερέκυντος (Berékuntos).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /be.reˈkyn.tus/, [bɛrɛˈkʏn̪t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /be.reˈt͡ʃin.tus/, [bereˈt͡ʃin̪t̪us]

Berecyntus f sg (genitive Berecyntī); second declension

1. A mountain of Phrygia consecrated to Cybele
2. A city of Phrygia

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Berecyntiacus
• Berecyntius

• Berecyntus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Berecyntus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly