Ἕβρος

See also: ἔβρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Thracian *Ebrus (“wide”) and thus meaning "the wide river",[1] or from Thracian ebros (“splasher”).[2]

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Ἕβρος • (Hébros) m (genitive Ἕβρου); second declension

  1. the river Hebrus or Evros; the river Maritsa

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Ἕβρος; τοῦ Ἕβρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ἕβρος
ho Hébros
Genitive τοῦ Ἕβρου
toû Hébrou
Dative τῷ Ἕβρῳ
tôi Hébrōi
Accusative τὸν Ἕβρον
tòn Hébron
Vocative Ἕβρε
Hébre
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: Έβρος (Évros)
  • Latin: Hebrus

References
  1. Vladimir I. Georgiev (1977) Траките И Техният Език [The Thracians and their Language]‎ (in Bulgarian), Изд-во на Българската академия на науките, page 93
  2. Duridanov, Ivan Vasiliev (1985) Die Sprache der Thraker‎, Hieronymus Verlag, →ISBN, pages 30-31, 77

Further reading
  • Ἕβρος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012
  • Georgiev, Vladimir Ivanov Georgiev. Introduction to the History of the Indo-European Languages (1981, p. 351)
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