Ἰόβας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤉𐤁 (yb /⁠Yuba⁠/, “Juba”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.ó.baːs/ → /iˈo.βas/ → /iˈo.vas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.ó.baːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /iˈo.bas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈo.βas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈo.vas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈo.vas/

Proper noun

Ἰόβᾱς • (Ióbās) m (genitive Ἰόβᾱ); first declension

1. Juba

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἰόβᾱς; τοῦ Ἰόβᾱ (Doric)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἰόβᾱς ho Ióbās
Genitive	τοῦ Ἰόβᾱ toû Ióbā
Dative	τῷ Ἰόβᾳ tôi Ióbāi
Accusative	τὸν Ἰόβᾱν tòn Ióbān
Vocative	Ἰόβᾱ Ióbā
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• Greek: Ιόβας (Ióvas)

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014