Ὕβλα

Ancient Greek

Ὕβλα • (Húbla) f (genitive Ὕβλᾱς); first declension

A mother goddess of the Earth and fertility, venerated in Sicily by the Sicels, depicted seated on a throne, flanked by a paredra figure (male or female) and two lions; often associated with Demeter or Potnia Theron.
The name of three ancient cities of Sicily, named after the goddess
- Megara Hyblaea (Μέγαρα Ὑβλαία), Hybla Gereatis (Ὕβλα ἡ Γελεᾶτις), Hybla Heraea (Ὕβλα Ἡραία)

First declension of ᾱ̔ Ὕβλᾱ; τᾶς Ὕβλᾱς (Doric)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ᾱ̔ Ὕβλᾱ hā Húblā
Genitive	τᾶς Ὕβλᾱς tâs Húblās
Dative	τᾷ Ὕβλᾳ tâi Húblāi
Accusative	τᾱ̀ν Ὕβλᾱν tā̀n Húblān
Vocative	Ὕβλᾱ Húblā
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013
Ὕβλα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

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