Καλαβρία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

• From the name of an Oscan tribe that settled in the area, 3rd century B.C.
• From καλά (kalá, “beautiful, lovely, good, quality, useful”) and βρύω (brúō, “to abound, grow luxuriantly”), but this could be folk etymology.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.la.brí.aː/ → /ka.laˈβri.a/ → /ka.laˈvri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.la.brí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈbri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈβri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈvri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈvri.a/

Proper noun

Κᾰλᾰβρῐ́ᾱ • (Kalabríā) f (genitive Κᾰλᾰβρῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Calabria

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Κᾰλᾰβρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Κᾰλᾰβρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Κᾰλᾰβρῐ́ᾱ hē Kalabríā
Genitive	τῆς Κᾰλᾰβρῐ́ᾱς tês Kalabríās
Dative	τῇ Κᾰλᾰβρῐ́ᾳ têi Kalabríāi
Accusative	τὴν Κᾰλᾰβρῐ́ᾱν tḕn Kalabríān
Vocative	Κᾰλᾰβρῐ́ᾱ Kalabríā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• Καλαβρία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette