Λιβύη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Homeric toponym (Odyssey IX.95, XXIII.311).

From Λῐ́βῠς (Lĭ́bŭs) +‎ -η (-ē), from the name of the Libu, a tribal people of North Africa, attested in Egyptian inscriptions of the 13th century BC as rbw

and as 𐤋𐤁𐤉 (lby) in later Punic inscriptions.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Λῐβῠ́η • (Lĭbŭ́ē) f (genitive Λῐβῠ́ης); first declension

  1. North Africa
  2. Northwestern Africa

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Λῐβῠ́η; τῆς Λῐβῠ́ης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Λῐβῠ́η
hē Lĭbŭ́ē
Genitive τῆς Λῐβῠ́ης
tês Lĭbŭ́ēs
Dative τῇ Λῐβῠ́ῃ
tēî Lĭbŭ́ēi
Accusative τὴν Λῐβῠ́ην
tḕn Lĭbŭ́ēn
Vocative Λῐβῠ́η
Lĭbŭ́ē
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

References

Greek

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liˈvi.i/

Proper noun

Λιβύη • (Livýi) f

  1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

Declension

Declension of Λιβύη
singular
nominative Λιβύη (Livýi)
genitive Λιβύης (Livýis)
accusative Λιβύη (Livýi)
vocative Λιβύη (Livýi)

Further reading

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