Ἄλβις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἄλβιος (Álbios)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Albis, from Proto-Germanic *albī.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ál.bis/ → /ˈal.βis/ → /ˈal.vis/

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

Proper noun

Ἄλβῐς • (Álbis) f (genitive Ἄλβῐος or Ἄλβῐδος); third declension

1. 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.

   • 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.

   • 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
Nominative	ἡ Ᾰ̓́λβῐς hē Álbis
Genitive	τῆς Ᾰ̓́λβῐος tês Álbios
Dative	τῇ Ᾰ̓́λβῑ têi Álbī
Accusative	τὴν Ᾰ̓́λβῐν tḕn Álbin
Vocative	Ᾰ̓́λβῐ Álbi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἡ Ἄλβις; τῆς Ἄλβιδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἄλβις hē Álbis
Genitive	τῆς Ἄλβιδος tês Álbidos
Dative	τῇ Ἄλβιδῐ têi Álbidi
Accusative	τὴν Ἄλβιδᾰ tḕn Álbida
Vocative	Ἄλβις Álbis
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.

Further reading

• Ἄλβις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)