Ἐρίβοια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐρίβους (eríbous, a term used mentioned only in this etymology) +‎ -ῐᾰ (-ĭă).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.rí.boi̯.a/ → /eˈri.βy.a/ → /eˈri.vi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.rí.boi̯.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈri.by.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈri.βy.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈri.vy.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈri.vi.a/

Proper noun

Ἐρῐ́βοιᾰ • (Erĭ́boiă) f (genitive Ἐρῐβοίᾱς); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Eriboea, wife of Telamon

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἐρῐ́βοιᾰ; τῆς Ἐρῐβοίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἐρῐ́βοιᾰ hē Erĭ́boiă
Genitive	τῆς Ἐρῐβοίᾱς tês Erĭboíās
Dative	τῇ Ἐρῐβοίᾳ têi Erĭboíāi
Accusative	τὴν Ἐρῐ́βοιᾰν tḕn Erĭ́boiăn
Vocative	Ἐρῐ́βοιᾰ Erĭ́boiă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ερίβοια (Erívoia)
• Latin: Eriboea

References

• “Ἐρίβοια”, 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 1,010