Πολύβιος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πολῠ- (polŭ-, “many”) + βίος (bíos, “life”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.lý.bi.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /poˈly.bi.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /poˈly.βi.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /poˈly.vi.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /poˈli.vi.os/
Proper noun
Πολῠ́βῐος • (Polŭ́bĭos) m (genitive Πολῠβῐ́ου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ Πολῠ́βῐος hē Polŭ́bĭos |
τὼ Πολῠβῐ́ω tṑ Polŭbĭ́ō |
αἱ Πολῠ́βῐοι hai Polŭ́bĭoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Πολῠβῐ́ου tês Polŭbĭ́ou |
τοῖν Πολῠβῐ́οιν toîn Polŭbĭ́oin |
τῶν Πολῠβῐ́ων tôn Polŭbĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Πολῠβῐ́ῳ tēî Polŭbĭ́ōi |
τοῖν Πολῠβῐ́οιν toîn Polŭbĭ́oin |
ταῖς Πολῠβῐ́οις taîs Polŭbĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Πολῠ́βῐον tḕn Polŭ́bĭon |
τὼ Πολῠβῐ́ω tṑ Polŭbĭ́ō |
τᾱ̀ς Πολῠβῐ́ους tā̀s Polŭbĭ́ous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Πολῠ́βῐε Polŭ́bĭe |
Πολῠβῐ́ω Polŭbĭ́ō |
Πολῠ́βῐοι Polŭ́bĭoi | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- Πόλυβος (Pólubos)
Descendants
- Catalan: Polibi
- French: Polybe
- Galician: Polibio
- Greek: Πολύβιος (Polývios)
- Italian: Polibio
- Latin: Polybius
- Portuguese: Políbio
- Spanish: Polibio
- Translingual: Polybius
Further reading
- Πολύβιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022