ἄλβος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin albus.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ál.bos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈal.bos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈal.βos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈal.vos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈal.vos/
Adjective
ἄλβος • (álbos) m (feminine ἄλβα, neuter ἄλβον); first/second declension
- (Byzantine) white
- καὶ ἐπέθηκεν ὁ Ρῶμος τοῖς αὐτοῖς τέτρασι στοιχείοις τὰ ὀνόματα͵ τῇ γῇ τὸ Πράσινον μέρος͵ ὅ ἐστι τὸ χλοῶδες͵ τῇ δὲ θαλάσσῃ͵ ὅ ἐστι τοῖς ὕδασιν͵ τὸ Βένετον μέρος͵ ὡς κυανόν͵ τῷ δὲ πυρὶ τὸ Ρούσιον μέρος͵ ὡς ἐρυθρόν͵ τῷ δὲ ἀέρι τὸ Ἄλβον μέρος͵ ὡς λευκόν· κἀκεῖθεν ἐπενοήθη τὰ τέσσαρα μέρη ἐν Ρώμῃ (Joannes Malalas Chronogr., 1)
Inflection
First and second declension of ἀ̆λβος; ἀ̆λβᾱ; ἀ̆λβον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ἀ̆λβος albos | ἀ̆λβᾱ albā | ἀ̆λβον albon | ἀ̆λβω albō | ἀ̆λβᾱ albā | ἀ̆λβω albō | ἀ̆λβοι alboi | ἀ̆λβαι albai | ἀ̆λβᾰ alba | |||||
Genitive | ἀ̆λβου albou | ἀ̆λβᾱς albās | ἀ̆λβου albou | ἀ̆λβοιν alboin | ἀ̆λβαιν albain | ἀ̆λβοιν alboin | ἀ̆λβων albōn | ἀ̆λβων albōn | ἀ̆λβων albōn | |||||
Dative | ἀ̆λβῳ albōi | ἀ̆λβᾳ albāi | ἀ̆λβῳ albōi | ἀ̆λβοιν alboin | ἀ̆λβαιν albain | ἀ̆λβοιν alboin | ἀ̆λβοις albois | ἀ̆λβαις albais | ἀ̆λβοις albois | |||||
Accusative | ἀ̆λβον albon | ἀ̆λβᾱν albān | ἀ̆λβον albon | ἀ̆λβω albō | ἀ̆λβᾱ albā | ἀ̆λβω albō | ἀ̆λβους albous | ἀ̆λβᾱς albās | ἀ̆λβᾰ alba | |||||
Vocative | ἀ̆λβε albe | ἀ̆λβᾱ albā | ἀ̆λβον albon | ἀ̆λβω albō | ἀ̆λβᾱ albā | ἀ̆λβω albō | ἀ̆λβοι alboi | ἀ̆λβαι albai | ἀ̆λβᾰ alba | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀ̆λβως albōs | ἀ̆λβότερος albóteros | ἀ̆λβότᾰτος albótatos | ||||||||||||
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References
- ἄλβος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Stephanus Byzantius in Άλβα.
- Strabo 4,6,1.2 - 5,3,9