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 ῑ̓́βῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἶβῐς hē îbis	τὼ ῑ̓́βῐδε tṑ ī́bide	αἱ ῑ̓́βῐδες hai ī́bides
Genitive	τῆς ῑ̓́βῐδος tês ī́bidos	τοῖν ῑ̓βῐ́δοιν toîn ībídoin	τῶν ῑ̓βῐ́δων tôn ībídōn
Dative	τῇ ῑ̓́βῐδῐ têi ī́bidi	τοῖν ῑ̓βῐ́δοιν toîn ībídoin	ταῖς ῑ̓́βῐσῐ / ῑ̓́βῐσῐν taîs ī́bisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ῑ̓́βῐδᾰ tḕn ī́bida	τὼ ῑ̓́βῐδε tṑ ī́bide	τᾱ̀ς ῑ̓́βῐδᾰς tā̀s ī́bidas
Vocative	ἶβῐς îbis	ῑ̓́βῐδε ī́bide	ῑ̓́βῐδες ī́bides
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

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

References

• “ἶβις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἶβις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette