Albanus

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See also: albanus and albāņus

Latin

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Etymology

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Unknown. Suggested as derived from a Western European root *alb- found in various place names, perhaps also the source of Alpes, and/or from a Proto-Indo-European root *alb- (mountain) (see *h₂el- (to rise, be tall)), or from Proto-Celtic *albo-, *albiyū (upper realm, world; mountain, Alps) (whence also Albion). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?).

It is believed that they are related to the modern nation of the Albanians.[1] While it has been identified with the Zgërdhesh hill-fort near Krujë in northern Albania, scholars believe the Illyrian settlement was abandoned in the 2nd century BC, when the inhabitants moved to Durrës and Lezhë.[2]

Possibly related to arbën from Proto-Albanian *arwā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂rh₃ (arable land, soil); compare *h₂erh₃- (to plough)[3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Albānus m (genitive Albānī, feminine Albāna); second declension

  1. Albanian (Balkan Albania, Caucasian Albania and Scotland)
    • 1815, Joannis Severinus Vaterus, Linguarum totius orbis Index alphabeticus, quarum Grammaticae, Lexica, collectiones vocabulorum recensentur, patria significatur, historia adumbratur, Berolini, p. 10:
      Albani in orientali parte Illyriae veteris et Epiri passimque in Dalmatia, Bulgaria, Romania vivunt.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective, with locative.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
Nominative Albānus Albāna Albānī Albānae
Genitive Albānī Albānae Albānōrum Albānārum
Dative Albānō Albānīs Albānīs
Accusative Albānum Albānam Albānōs Albānās
Ablative Albānō Albānā Albānīs Albānīs
Vocative Albāne Albāna Albānī Albānae
Locative Albānī Albānae Albānīs Albānīs

Proper noun

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Albānus m sg (genitive Albānī); second declension

View of the river
  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Alban
  2. A river in Albania, now probably the Samur River

Declension

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Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Albānus
Genitive Albānī
Dative Albānō
Accusative Albānum
Ablative Albānō
Vocative Albāne
Locative Albānī

Descendants

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References

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  • Albanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Albanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Albanus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  1. ^ Georgiev, Vladimir (1960) “The genesis of the Balkan Peoples”, in The Slavonic and East European Review, volume 44, number 103, pages 285–297
  2. ^ Robert Elsie (2010) Historical Dictionary of Albania (Historical Dictionaries of Europe), 2 edition, volume 75, Scarecrow Press, →ISBN, pages 497–498
  3. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 80-81