Πολύβιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πολῠ- (polu-, “many”) +‎ βίος (bíos, “life”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.lý.bi.os/ → /poˈly.βi.os/ → /poˈli.vi.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.lý.bi.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /poˈly.bi.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /poˈly.βi.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /poˈly.vi.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /poˈli.vi.os/

Proper noun

Πολῠ́βῐος • (Polúbios) m (genitive Πολῠβῐ́ου); second declension

1. Polybius

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Πολῠ́βῐος; τῆς Πολῠβῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Πολῠ́βῐος hē Polúbios	τὼ Πολῠβῐ́ω tṑ Polubíō	αἱ Πολῠ́βῐοι hai Polúbioi
Genitive	τῆς Πολῠβῐ́ου tês Polubíou	τοῖν Πολῠβῐ́οιν toîn Polubíoin	τῶν Πολῠβῐ́ων tôn Polubíōn
Dative	τῇ Πολῠβῐ́ῳ têi Polubíōi	τοῖν Πολῠβῐ́οιν toîn Polubíoin	ταῖς Πολῠβῐ́οις taîs Polubíois
Accusative	τὴν Πολῠ́βῐον tḕn Polúbion	τὼ Πολῠβῐ́ω tṑ Polubíō	τᾱ̀ς Πολῠβῐ́ους tā̀s Polubíous
Vocative	Πολῠ́βῐε Polúbie	Πολῠβῐ́ω Polubíō	Πολῠ́βῐοι Polúbioi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Πόλυβος (Pólubos)

Descendants

• Catalan: Polibi
• French: Polybe
• Galician: Polibio
• Greek: Πολύβιος (Polývios)
• Italian: Polibio
• Latin: Polybius
• Portuguese: Políbio
• Spanish: Polibio
• Translingual: Polybius

Further reading

• Πολύβιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022