Καλαβρία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

  • From the name of an Oscan tribe that settled in the area, 3rd century B.C.
  • From καλά (kalá, “beautiful, lovely, good, quality, useful”) and βρύω (brúō, “to abound, grow luxuriantly”), but this could be folk etymology.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Κᾰλᾰβρῐ́ᾱ • (Kălăbrĭ́ā) f (genitive Κᾰλᾰβρῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. Calabria

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Κᾰλᾰβρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Κᾰλᾰβρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Κᾰλᾰβρῐ́ᾱ
hē Kălăbrĭ́ā
Genitive τῆς Κᾰλᾰβρῐ́ᾱς
tês Kălăbrĭ́ās
Dative τῇ Κᾰλᾰβρῐ́ᾳ
tēî Kălăbrĭ́āi
Accusative τὴν Κᾰλᾰβρῐ́ᾱν
tḕn Kălăbrĭ́ān
Vocative Κᾰλᾰβρῐ́ᾱ
Kălăbrĭ́ā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

  1. ^ Charnock, Local Etymology: A Derivative Dictionary of Geographical Names
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