Ἀλβανία
See also: Αλβανία
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Ἀλβᾰνός (Albanós) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /al.ba.ní.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /al.baˈni.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /al.βaˈni.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /al.vaˈni.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /al.vaˈni.a/
Proper noun
editἈλβᾰνῐ́ᾱ • (Albaníā) f (genitive Ἀλβᾰνῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- Caucasian Albania (an ancient region and former kingdom in Western Asia, south of the Caucasus mountains, east of Armenia and west of the Caspian Sea)
- 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geographica 11.14.1:
- Πολλοὶ δ’ αὐλῶνες οἱ μὲν μέσως οἱ δὲ καὶ σφόδρα εὐδαίμονες. Καθάπερ τὸ Ἀραξηνὸν πεδίον, δι’ οὗ ὁ Ἀράξης ποταμὸς ῥέων εἰς τὰ ἄκρα τῆς Ἀλβανίας καὶ τὴν Κασπίαν ἐκπίπτει θάλατταν. Καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἡ Σακασηνὴ καὶ αὐτὴ τῇ Ἀλβανίᾳ πρόσχωρος καὶ τῷ Κύρῳ ποταμῷ.
- Polloì d’ aulônes hoi mèn mésōs hoi dè kaì sphódra eudaímones. Katháper tò Araxēnòn pedíon, di’ hoû ho Aráxēs potamòs rhéōn eis tà ákra tês Albanías kaì tḕn Kaspían ekpíptei thálattan. Kaì metà taûta hē Sakasēnḕ kaì autḕ têi Albaníāi próskhōros kaì tôi Kúrōi potamôi.
- There are also many valleys, some rather fertile, and some very much so. For example, there is the Araxenian Plain, through which flows the Araxes River to the extremities of Albania and empties into the Caspian Sea. Next is the Sacasene, which borders on Albania and the Cyrus River.
- Πολλοὶ δ’ αὐλῶνες οἱ μὲν μέσως οἱ δὲ καὶ σφόδρα εὐδαίμονες. Καθάπερ τὸ Ἀραξηνὸν πεδίον, δι’ οὗ ὁ Ἀράξης ποταμὸς ῥέων εἰς τὰ ἄκρα τῆς Ἀλβανίας καὶ τὴν Κασπίαν ἐκπίπτει θάλατταν. Καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἡ Σακασηνὴ καὶ αὐτὴ τῇ Ἀλβανίᾳ πρόσχωρος καὶ τῷ Κύρῳ ποταμῷ.
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Ἀλβᾰνῐ́ᾱ hē Albaníā | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Ἀλβᾰνῐ́ᾱς tês Albaníās | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Ἀλβᾰνῐ́ᾳ têi Albaníāi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Ἀλβᾰνῐ́ᾱν tḕn Albaníān | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ἀλβᾰνῐ́ᾱ Albaníā | ||||||||||||
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References
edit- Ἀλβανία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
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