Λιβύη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

From Λῐ́βῠς (Líbus) +‎ -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 • (Libúē) 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 Libúē
Genitive τῆς Λῐβῠ́ης
tês Libúēs
Dative τῇ Λῐβῠ́ῃ
têi Libúēi
Accusative τὴν Λῐβῠ́ην
tḕn Libúēn
Vocative Λῐβῠ́η
Libúē
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

References

Greek

Proper noun

Λιβύη • (Livýi) f

  1. Libya

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

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