ἄλβος

Ancient Greek

Borrowed from Latin albus.

ἄλβος • (álbos) m (feminine ἄλβα, neuter ἄλβον); first/second declension

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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)

First and second declension of ἀ̆λβος; ἀ̆λβᾱ; ἀ̆λβον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
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
Derived forms	ἀ̆λβως albōs			ἀ̆λβότερος albóteros			ἀ̆λβότᾰτος albótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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