Albiones
Latin
Etymology
From Paleo-Hispanic, from Proto-Celtic *albiyū (“the upper world”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰós (“white”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aɫˈbi.ɔ.nɛs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [alˈbiː.o.nes]
Proper noun
Albionēs m pl (genitive Albionum); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun, plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Albionēs |
| genitive | Albionum |
| dative | Albionibus |
| accusative | Albionēs |
| ablative | Albionibus |
| vocative | Albionēs |
Related terms
References
- Albiones in Falileyev, Alexander (1997). Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-Names, Aberystwyth University.
- ^ Cf. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 29.