Ἀλκιβιάδης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀλκή (alkḗ) +‎ βία (bía) +‎ -άδης (-ádēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /al.ki.bi.á.dɛːs/ → /al.ci.βiˈa.ðis/ → /al.ci.viˈa.ðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /al.ki.bi.á.dɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /al.ki.biˈa.de̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /al.ci.βiˈa.ðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /al.ci.viˈa.ðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /al.ci.viˈa.ðis/

Proper noun

Ἀλκῐβιάδης • (Alkibiádēs) m (genitive Ἀλκῐβιάδου); first declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Alcibiades

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἀλκῐβιάδης; τοῦ Ἀλκῐβιάδου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀλκῐβιάδης ho Alkibiádēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀλκῐβιάδου toû Alkibiádou
Dative	τῷ Ἀλκῐβιάδῃ tôi Alkibiádēi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀλκῐβιάδην tòn Alkibiádēn
Vocative	Ἀλκῐβιάδη Alkibiádē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αλκιβιάδης (Alkiviádis)
• → Latin: Alcibiades
• → Albanian: Alqiviádhi, Alkibiádi

References

• Ἀλκιβιάδης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,000