Ἄλπεις

See also: Άλπεις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Alpēs.

Pronunciation

 

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

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ál.peːs/
• (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

Ἄλπεις • (Álpeis) f pl (genitive Ἄλπεων); third declension

1. Alps

Inflection

Third declension of αἱ Ᾰ̓́λπεις; τῶν Ᾰ̓́λπεων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	αἱ Ᾰ̓́λπεις hai Ắlpeis
Genitive	τῶν Ᾰ̓́λπεων tôn Ắlpeōn
Dative	ταῖς Ᾰ̓́λπεσῐ / Ᾰ̓́λπεσῐν taîs Ắlpesĭ(n)
Accusative	τᾱ̀ς Ᾰ̓́λπεις tā̀s Ắlpeis
Vocative	Ᾰ̓́λπεις Ắlpeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Άλπεις (Álpeis)

References

• Ἄλπεις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,000