ἶβις

ἶβις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Egyptian hbj.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /îː.bis/ → /ˈi.βis/ → /ˈi.vis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /îː.bis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.bis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.βis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.vis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.vis/

Noun

ἶβῐς • (îbis) f (genitive ἴ̄βῐδος or ἴ̄βεως); third declension

1. ibis

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἶβῐς; τῆς ἰ̄βῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἶβῐς hē îbis	τὼ ἰ̄βῐδε tṑ ībide	αἱ ἰ̄βῐδες hai ībides
Genitive	τῆς ἰ̄βῐδος tês ībidos	τοῖν ἰ̄βῐ́δοιν toîn ībídoin	τῶν ἰ̄βῐ́δων tôn ībídōn
Dative	τῇ ἰ̄βῐδῐ têi ībidi	τοῖν ἰ̄βῐ́δοιν toîn ībídoin	ταῖς ἰ̄βῐσῐ / ἰ̄βῐσῐν taîs ībisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἰ̄βῐδᾰ tḕn ībida	τὼ ἰ̄βῐδε tṑ ībide	τᾱ̀ς ἰ̄βῐδᾰς tā̀s ībidas
Vocative	ἶβῐς îbis	ἰ̄βῐδε ībide	ἰ̄βῐδες ībides
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Third declension of ἡ ἶβῐς; τῆς ῑ̓́βεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἶβῐς hē îbis	τὼ ῑ̓́βει tṑ ī́bei	αἱ ῑ̓́βεις hai ī́beis
Genitive	τῆς ῑ̓́βεως tês ī́beōs	τοῖν ῑ̓βέοιν toîn ībéoin	τῶν ῑ̓́βεων tôn ī́beōn
Dative	τῇ ῑ̓́βει têi ī́bei	τοῖν ῑ̓βέοιν toîn ībéoin	ταῖς ῑ̓́βεσῐ / ῑ̓́βεσῐν taîs ī́besi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἶβῐν tḕn îbin	τὼ ῑ̓́βει tṑ ī́bei	τᾱ̀ς ῑ̓́βεις tā̀s ī́beis
Vocative	ἶβῐ îbi	ῑ̓́βει ī́bei	ῑ̓́βεις ī́beis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: ībis (see there for further descendants)

References

• ἶβις in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἶβις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)