Λίβυς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

and as 𐤋𐤁𐤉 (lby) in later Punic inscriptions.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lí.bys/ → /ˈli.βys/ → /ˈli.vis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lí.bys/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈli.bys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.βys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.vys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.vis/

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:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Λῐβῠ́η (Libúē)
• Λῐβῠ́ηθεν (Libúēthen)
• Λῐβῠκός (Libukós)
• Λῐβῠσσᾰ (Libussa)
• Λῐβῠστῐκός (Libustikós)
• Λῐβῠστῐ́ς (Libustís)

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015