Ἰβηρία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἴβηρ (Íbēr, “Iberian”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.bɛː.rí.aː/ → /i.βiˈri.a/ → /i.viˈri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.bɛː.rí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.be̝ˈri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.βiˈri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.viˈri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.viˈri.a/

Proper noun

Ἰβηρῐ́ᾱ • (Ibēríā) f (genitive Ἰβηρῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Iberia
2. Hispania; the Iberian Peninsula
3. Caucasian Iberia

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἰβηρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Ἰβηρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἰβηρῐ́ᾱ hē Ibēríā
Genitive	τῆς Ἰβηρῐ́ᾱς tês Ibēríās
Dative	τῇ Ἰβηρῐ́ᾳ têi Ibēríāi
Accusative	τὴν Ἰβηρῐ́ᾱν tḕn Ibēríān
Vocative	Ἰβηρῐ́ᾱ Ibēríā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Bulgarian: Иверия (Iverija), Иберия (Iberija)
• Catalan: Ibèria
• English: Iberia
• French: Ibérie
• Galician: Iberia
• Georgian: იბერია (iberia), ივერია (iveria)
• Greek: Ιβηρία (Iviría)
• Hebrew: איבריה
• Italian: Iberia
• Latin: Iberia
• Portuguese: Iberia
• Russian: Иберия (Iberija)
• Spanish: Iberia

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025