Ἄλβις
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Ἄλβιος (Álbios)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Albis, from Proto-Germanic *albī.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ál.bis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈal.bis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈal.βis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈal.vis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈal.vis/
Proper noun
Ἄλβῐς • (Álbis) f (genitive Ἄλβῐος or Ἄλβῐδος); third declension
- Elbe (a river in central Europe)
- 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 1.2.1:
- Οἱ δὲ Ῥωμαῖοι τὰ ἑσπέρια τῆς Εὐρώπης ἅπαντα μέχρι Ἄλβιος ποταμοῦ τοῦ τὴν Γερμανίαν δίχα διαιροῦντος τά τε πέραν Ἴστρου τὰ μέχρι Τύρα ποταμοῦ.
- Hoi dè Rhōmaîoi tà hespéria tês Eurṓpēs hápanta mékhri Álbios potamoû toû tḕn Germanían díkha diairoûntos tá te péran Ístrou tà mékhri Túra potamoû.
- 1854 translation by H. C. Hamilton and W. Falconer
- And the Romans [have discovered to us] the entire west of Europe as far as the river Elbe, which divides Germany, and the country beyond the Ister to the river Dniester.
- Οἱ δὲ Ῥωμαῖοι τὰ ἑσπέρια τῆς Εὐρώπης ἅπαντα μέχρι Ἄλβιος ποταμοῦ τοῦ τὴν Γερμανίαν δίχα διαιροῦντος τά τε πέραν Ἴστρου τὰ μέχρι Τύρα ποταμοῦ.
- 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 7.1.4:
- Κἂν πλείω δὲ γνώριμα ὑπῆρξεν, εἰ ἐπέτρεπε τοῖς στρατηγοῖς ὁ Σεβαστὸς διαβαίνειν τὸν Ἄλβιν, μετιοῦσι τοὺς ἐκεῖσε ἀπανισταμένους.
- Kàn pleíō dè gnṓrima hupêrxen, ei epétrepe toîs stratēgoîs ho Sebastòs diabaínein tòn Álbin, metioûsi toùs ekeîse apanistaménous.
- 1854 translation by H. C. Hamilton and W. Falconer
- and we should have become acquainted with a greater number of their tribes, if Augustus had permitted his generals to pass the Elbe, in pursuit of those who had fled thither.
- Κἂν πλείω δὲ γνώριμα ὑπῆρξεν, εἰ ἐπέτρεπε τοῖς στρατηγοῖς ὁ Σεβαστὸς διαβαίνειν τὸν Ἄλβιν, μετιοῦσι τοὺς ἐκεῖσε ἀπανισταμένους.
- 90 CE – 168 CE, Ptolemy, Geography 2.11.1
- 155 CE – 235 CE, Cassius Dio, Collected Works 77.14.3
- c. 4th century AD, Marcian of Heraclea, Periplus of the Outer Sea 2.32–33
Declension
Third declension of ἡ Ᾰ̓́λβῐς; τῆς Ᾰ̓́λβῐος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Ᾰ̓́λβῐς hē Álbis | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Ᾰ̓́λβῐος tês Álbios | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Ᾰ̓́λβῑ têi Álbī | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Ᾰ̓́λβῐν tḕn Álbin | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ᾰ̓́λβῐ Álbi | ||||||||||||
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Third declension of ἡ Ἄλβις; τῆς Ἄλβιδος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Ἄλβις hē Álbis | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Ἄλβιδος tês Álbidos | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Ἄλβιδῐ têi Álbidi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Ἄλβιδᾰ tḕn Álbida | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ἄλβις Álbis | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- Ἄλβις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)