Ὀλβία
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὄλβος (ólbos, “happiness, bliss”) + -ία (-ía).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ol.bí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /olˈbi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /olˈβi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /olˈvi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /olˈvi.a/
Proper noun
Ὀλβίᾱ • (Olbíā) f (genitive Ὀλβίᾱς); first declension
Inflection
Derived terms
- Ὀλβιοπολῖται (Olbiopolîtai)
Descendants
- → Latin: Olbia
References
- “Ὀλβία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press