Albis

See also: albis

Latin

Alternative forms

• Alba

Etymology

Of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *albī (“river”), see also Old Norse Elfr, Swedish älv (“river”), Norwegian elv (“river”), Old English elf, and Middle Low German elve (“river-bed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈal.bis/, [ˈäɫ̪bɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.bis/, [ˈälbis]

View of the river

Proper noun

Albis m sg (genitive Albis); third declension

1. Elbe (a river in Germany)

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Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im or -in, ablative singular in -ī), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Albis
genitive	Albis
dative	Albī
accusative	Albim Albin
ablative	Albī
vocative	Albis
locative	Albī

Further reading

• Albis on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la
• “Albis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Albis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 95/1.
• “Albis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “Albis” on page 93/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)