Ὀλβία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὄλβος (ólbos, “happiness, bliss”) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ol.bí.aː/ → /olˈβi.a/ → /olˈvi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ol.bí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /olˈbi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /olˈβi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /olˈvi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /olˈvi.a/

Proper noun

Ὀλβίᾱ • (Olbíā) f (genitive Ὀλβίᾱς); first declension

1. Olbia, Scythia, Ukraine

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ὀλβίᾱ; τῆς Ὀλβίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ὀλβίᾱ hē Olbíā
Genitive	τῆς Ὀλβίᾱς tês Olbíās
Dative	τῇ Ὀλβίᾳ têi Olbíāi
Accusative	τὴν Ὀλβίᾱν tḕn Olbíān
Vocative	Ὀλβίᾱ Olbíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ὀλβιοπολῖται (Olbiopolîtai)

Descendants

• → Latin: Olbia

References

• “Ὀλβία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press