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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Alpēs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ál.peːs/ → /ˈal.pis/ → /ˈal.pis/
Proper noun
Ἄλπεις • (Álpeis) f pl (genitive Ἄλπεων); third declension
- Alps
Inflection
Descendants
References
- Ἄλπεις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,000