Ἄλβη

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Ancient Greek

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Alba

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Alba.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ál.bɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈal.be̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.βi/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.vi/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈal.vi/

Proper noun

Ἄλβη • (Álbē) f (genitive Ἄλβης); first declension

alternative form of Ἄλβα (Álba), a place name:
1. Alba Longa (an ancient city in Latium, in modern Italy)
2. an ancient town in the Roman province of Hispania Citerior, in modern eastern Spain
3. Alba Fucens (an ancient Italic town in modern Abruzzo region, Italy)
4. Alba Pompeia (an ancient city in modern Liguria region, Italy, present-day Alba)
5. an ancient city in Crete, in modern Greece

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἄλβη; τῆς Ἄλβης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἄλβη hē Álbē
Genitive	τῆς Ἄλβης tês Álbēs
Dative	τῇ Ἄλβῃ tēî Álbēi
Accusative	τὴν Ἄλβην tḕn Álbēn
Vocative	Ἄλβη Álbē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Ἀλβᾱνός (Albānós)

Descendants

Greek: Άλβη (Álvi)

Further reading

Ἄλβη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,000

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