Λίβυς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the name of the Libu, a tribal people of North Africa, attested in Egyptian inscriptions of the 13th century BC as rbw
and as 𐤋𐤁𐤉 (lby) in later Punic inscriptions.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lí.bys/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈli.bys/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈli.βys/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈli.vys/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈli.vis/
Noun
Λῐ́βῠς • (Líbus) m (genitive Λῐ́βῠος); third declension
- a Berber
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Λῐ́βῠς; τοῦ Λῐ́βῠος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Λῐ́βῠς ho Líbus | τὼ Λῐ́βῠε tṑ Líbue | οἱ Λῐ́βῠες hoi Líbues | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Λῐ́βῠος toû Líbuos | τοῖν Λῐβῠ́οιν toîn Libúoin | τῶν Λῐβῠ́ων tôn Libúōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Λῐ́βῠῐ̈ / Λῐ́βυι tôi Líbuï / Líbui | τοῖν Λῐβῠ́οιν toîn Libúoin | τοῖς Λῐ́βῠσῐ / Λῐ́βῠσῐν toîs Líbusi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Λῐ́βῠν tòn Líbun | τὼ Λῐ́βῠε tṑ Líbue | τοὺς Λῐ́βῡς / Λῐ́βῠᾰς toùs Líbūs / Líbuas | ||||||||||
Vocative | Λῐ́βῠ Líbu | Λῐ́βῠε Líbue | Λῐ́βῠες Líbues | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- Λῐβῠ́η (Libúē)
- Λῐβῠ́ηθεν (Libúēthen)
- Λῐβῠκός (Libukós)
- Λῐβῠσσᾰ (Libussa)
- Λῐβῠστῐκός (Libustikós)
- Λῐβῠστῐ́ς (Libustís)
Descendants
- Greek: Λίβυς (Lívys)
References
- “Λίβυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Λίβυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Λίβυς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015