Λίβυς

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Etymology

From the name of the Libu, a tribal people of North Africa, attested in Egyptian inscriptions of the 13th century BC as rbw

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and as 𐤋𐤁𐤉 (lby) in later Punic inscriptions.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

Λῐ́βῠς • (Líbus) m (genitive Λῐ́βῠος); third declension

  1. a Berber

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Λῐ́βῠς; τοῦ Λῐ́βῠος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ Λῐ́βῠς
ho Líbus 		τὼ Λῐ́βῠε
tṑ Líbue 		οἱ Λῐ́βῠες
hoi Líbues
Genitive τοῦ Λῐ́βῠος
toû Líbuos 		τοῖν Λῐβῠ́οιν
toîn Libúoin 		τῶν Λῐβῠ́ων
tôn Libúōn
Dative τῷ Λῐ́βῠῐ̈ / Λῐ́βυι
tôi Líbuï / Líbui 		τοῖν Λῐβῠ́οιν
toîn Libúoin 		τοῖς Λῐ́βῠσῐ / Λῐ́βῠσῐν
toîs Líbusi(n)
Accusative τὸν Λῐ́βῠν
tòn Líbun 		τὼ Λῐ́βῠε
tṑ Líbue 		τοὺς Λῐ́βῡς / Λῐ́βῠᾰς
toùs Líbūs / Líbuas
Vocative Λῐ́βῠ
Líbu 		Λῐ́βῠε
Líbue 		Λῐ́βῠες
Líbues
Notes:

Descendants

  • Greek: Λίβυς (Lívys)

References

  • “Λίβυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Λίβυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “Λίβυς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015
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