Ἄλπις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ál.pis/ → /ˈal.pis/ → /ˈal.pis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ál.pis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈal.pis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.pis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.pis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈal.pis/

Proper noun

Ἄλπῐς • (Álpis) m (genitive Ἄλπῐος); third declension

1. Alpis, a tributary of the Danube, probably the river Inn

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ᾰ̓́λπῐς; τοῦ Ᾰ̓́λπῐος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ᾰ̓́λπῐς ho Álpis
Genitive	τοῦ Ᾰ̓́λπῐος toû Álpios
Dative	τῷ Ᾰ̓́λπῑ tôi Álpī
Accusative	τὸν Ᾰ̓́λπῐν tòn Álpin
Vocative	Ᾰ̓́λπῐ Álpi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• Ἄλπις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Ἄλπις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)