Ἰβηρία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

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 • (Ibērĭ́ā) f (genitive Ἰβηρῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Iberia, Iberian Peninsula, Hispania (a peninsula and region of Europe south of the Pyrenees)
2. Iberia, Caucasian Iberia (the ancient Georgian kingdom of Kartli in Eastern Europe, located east of Colchis, corresponding roughly to the eastern parts of present-day Georgia)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἰβηρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Ἰβηρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἰβηρῐ́ᾱ hē Ibērĭ́ā
Genitive	τῆς Ἰβηρῐ́ᾱς tês Ibērĭ́ās
Dative	τῇ Ἰβηρῐ́ᾳ têi Ibērĭ́āi
Accusative	τὴν Ἰβηρῐ́ᾱν tḕn Ibērĭ́ān
Vocative	Ἰβηρῐ́ᾱ Ibērĭ́ā
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: Ibéria
• 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