Ἀλβανία

See also: Αλβανία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἀλβᾰνός (Albănós) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /al.ba.ní.aː/ → /al.βaˈni.a/ → /al.vaˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /al.ba.ní.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /al.baˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /al.βaˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /al.vaˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /al.vaˈni.a/

Proper noun

Ἀλβᾰνῐ́ᾱ • (Albănĭ́ā) f (genitive Ἀλβᾰνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Caucasian Albania (an ancient region and former kingdom in Western Asia, south of the Caucasus mountains, east of Armenia and west of the Caspian Sea)
   • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geographica 11.14.1:

     Πολλοὶ δ’ αὐλῶνες οἱ μὲν μέσως οἱ δὲ καὶ σφόδρα εὐδαίμονες. Καθάπερ τὸ Ἀραξηνὸν πεδίον, δι’ οὗ ὁ Ἀράξης ποταμὸς ῥέων εἰς τὰ ἄκρα τῆς Ἀλβανίας καὶ τὴν Κασπίαν ἐκπίπτει θάλατταν. Καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἡ Σακασηνὴ καὶ αὐτὴ τῇ Ἀλβανίᾳ πρόσχωρος καὶ τῷ Κύρῳ ποταμῷ.

     Polloì d’ aulônes hoi mèn mésōs hoi dè kaì sphódra eudaímones. Katháper tò Araxēnòn pedíon, di’ hoû ho Aráxēs potamòs rhéōn eis tà ákra tês Albanías kaì tḕn Kaspían ekpíptei thálattan. Kaì metà taûta hē Sakasēnḕ kaì autḕ têi Albaníāi próskhōros kaì tôi Kúrōi potamôi.

     There are also many valleys, some rather fertile, and some very much so. For example, there is the Araxenian Plain, through which flows the Araxes River to the extremities of Albania and empties into the Caspian Sea. Next is the Sacasene, which borders on Albania and the Cyrus River.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἀλβᾰνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Ἀλβᾰνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἀλβᾰνῐ́ᾱ hē Albănĭ́ā
Genitive	τῆς Ἀλβᾰνῐ́ᾱς tês Albănĭ́ās
Dative	τῇ Ἀλβᾰνῐ́ᾳ têi Albănĭ́āi
Accusative	τὴν Ἀλβᾰνῐ́ᾱν tḕn Albănĭ́ān
Vocative	Ἀλβᾰνῐ́ᾱ Albănĭ́ā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• Ἀλβανία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)