ἄλβος
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin albus. Doublet of ἀλφός (alphós).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈal.vos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈal.vos/
Adjective
[edit]ἄλβος • (álbos) m (feminine ἄλβα, neuter ἄλβον); first/second declension
- (Byzantine) white
- καὶ ἐπέθηκεν ὁ Ρῶμος τοῖς αὐτοῖς τέτρασι στοιχείοις τὰ ὀνόματα͵ τῇ γῇ τὸ Πράσινον μέρος͵ ὅ ἐστι τὸ χλοῶδες͵ τῇ δὲ θαλάσσῃ͵ ὅ ἐστι τοῖς ὕδασιν͵ τὸ Βένετον μέρος͵ ὡς κυανόν͵ τῷ δὲ πυρὶ τὸ Ρούσιον μέρος͵ ὡς ἐρυθρόν͵ τῷ δὲ ἀέρι τὸ Ἄλβον μέρος͵ ὡς λευκόν· κἀκεῖθεν ἐπενοήθη τὰ τέσσαρα μέρη ἐν Ρώμῃ (Joannes Malalas Chronogr., 1)
Inflection
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ἀ̆λβος albos |
ἀ̆λβᾱ albā |
ἀ̆λβον albon |
ἀ̆λβω albō |
ἀ̆λβᾱ albā |
ἀ̆λβω albō |
ἀ̆λβοι alboi |
ἀ̆λβαι albai |
ἀ̆λβᾰ alba | |||||
Genitive | ἀ̆λβου albou |
ἀ̆λβᾱς albās |
ἀ̆λβου albou |
ἀ̆λβοιν alboin |
ἀ̆λβαιν albain |
ἀ̆λβοιν alboin |
ἀ̆λβων albōn |
ἀ̆λβων albōn |
ἀ̆λβων albōn | |||||
Dative | ἀ̆λβῳ albōi |
ἀ̆λβᾳ albāi |
ἀ̆λβῳ albōi |
ἀ̆λβοιν alboin |
ἀ̆λβαιν albain |
ἀ̆λβοιν alboin |
ἀ̆λβοις albois |
ἀ̆λβαις albais |
ἀ̆λβοις albois | |||||
Accusative | ἀ̆λβον albon |
ἀ̆λβᾱν albān |
ἀ̆λβον albon |
ἀ̆λβω albō |
ἀ̆λβᾱ albā |
ἀ̆λβω albō |
ἀ̆λβους albous |
ἀ̆λβᾱς albās |
ἀ̆λβᾰ alba | |||||
Vocative | ἀ̆λβε albe |
ἀ̆λβᾱ albā |
ἀ̆λβον albon |
ἀ̆λβω albō |
ἀ̆λβᾱ albā |
ἀ̆λβω albō |
ἀ̆λβοι alboi |
ἀ̆λβαι albai |
ἀ̆λβᾰ alba | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀ̆λβως albōs |
ἀ̆λβότερος albóteros |
ἀ̆λβότᾰτος albótatos | ||||||||||||
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References
[edit]- ἄλβος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Stephanus Byzantius in Άλβα.
- Strabo 4,6,1.2 - 5,3,9