The story
- Medieval Greek · derived fromΒελισάριος
- Latin · learned borrowing fromBelisarius
- English todayBelisarius
Learned borrowing from Latin Belisarius, from Medieval Greek Βελισάριος (Belisários).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Belisarius
Today it means: A general of the Byzantine Empire, who was instrumental to Emperor Justinian's ambitious project of reconquering much of the Mediterranean territory of the former Western Roman Empire, which had been lost less than a century previously. Full definition →
Latin Belisarius ← Medieval Greek Βελισάριος