ἰβηρίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from Ἰβηρία (Ibēría, “Iberia”) +‎ -ίς (-ís), after its native environment. Alessio thinks the name is Aegean and compares the word with ἰβίσκος (ibískos, “ibiscus”) and ἰβάνη (ibánē, “water-bucket”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.bɛː.rís/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.be̝ˈris/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.βiˈris/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.viˈris/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.viˈris/

Noun

ἰβηρῐ́ς • (ibērĭ́s) f (genitive ἰβηρῐ́δος); third declension

pepperwort (Lepidium graminifolium)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἰβηρῐ́ς; τῆς ἰβηρῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἰβηρῐ́ς hē ibērĭ́s	τὼ ἰβηρῐ́δε tṑ ibērĭ́de	αἱ ἰβηρῐ́δες hai ibērĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς ἰβηρῐ́δος tês ibērĭ́dos	τοῖν ἰβηρῐ́δοιν toîn ibērĭ́doin	τῶν ἰβηρῐ́δων tôn ibērĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ ἰβηρῐ́δῐ tēî ibērĭ́dĭ	τοῖν ἰβηρῐ́δοιν toîn ibērĭ́doin	ταῖς ἰβηρῐ́σῐ / ἰβηρῐ́σῐν taîs ibērĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἰβηρῐ́δᾰ tḕn ibērĭ́dă	τὼ ἰβηρῐ́δε tṑ ibērĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς ἰβηρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s ibērĭ́dăs
Vocative	ἰβηρῐ́ς ibērĭ́s	ἰβηρῐ́δε ibērĭ́de	ἰβηρῐ́δες ibērĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

→ Latin: ibēris
- → Translingual: Iberis