Ἴβηρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Celtic origin, likely related to the name of the Ebro river.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /í.bɛːr/ → /ˈi.βir/ → /ˈi.vir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /í.bɛːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.be̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.βir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.vir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.vir/

Noun

Ἴβηρ • (Íbēr) m (genitive Ἴβηρος); third declension

1. an Iberian
2. an inhabitant of the Iberian peninsula
3. (historical) Georgian.

Declension

Third declension of ὁ Ἴβηρ; τοῦ Ἴβηρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ἴβηρ ho Íbēr	τὼ Ἴβηρε tṑ Íbēre	οἱ Ἴβηρες hoi Íbēres
Genitive	τοῦ Ἴβηρος toû Íbēros	τοῖν Ἰβήροιν toîn Ibḗroin	τῶν Ἰβήρων tôn Ibḗrōn
Dative	τῷ Ἴβηρῐ tôi Íbēri	τοῖν Ἰβήροιν toîn Ibḗroin	τοῖς Ἴβηρσῐ / Ἴβηρσῐν toîs Íbērsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν Ἴβηρᾰ tòn Íbēra	τὼ Ἴβηρε tṑ Íbēre	τοὺς Ἴβηρᾰς toùs Íbēras
Vocative	Ἴβηρ Íbēr	Ἴβηρε Íbēre	Ἴβηρες Íbēres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἰβηράρχης (Ibērárkhēs)
• Ἰβηρία (Ibēría)
• Ἰβηρικός (Ibērikós)
• Ἰβηρικῶς (Ibērikôs)
• Ἰβήριος (Ibḗrios)
• Ἰβηρίς (Ibērís)
• Ἰβηριστί (Ibēristí)
• Ἰβηροβοσκός (Ibēroboskós)
• Ἴβηρος (Íbēros)
• Ἰβηροτρόφος (Ibērotróphos)

 

Descendants

• Aragonese: Iber
• Catalan: iber
• English: iberis
• French: Ibère
• Greek: Ίβηρ (Ívir)
• Italian: Ibero
• Latin: Hibēr
• Occitan: Ibèr
• Portuguese: Ibero
• Russian: Ибер (Iber)
• Spanish: ibero, íbero
• Translingual: Iberis
• Turkish: İber

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025

Further reading

• Iberians on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Iberian Peninsula on Wikipedia.Wikipedia