Albula

See also: albula

English

Proper noun

Albula

  1. Albula Region, an administrative district in Grisons canton, Switzerland, which replaced Albula District in 2017.

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps dating to a Proto-Indo-European name for the river meaning "white (with sediment)" or "from the mountains," from *albʰós (“white”), *h₂elbʰós (“mountain”).[1]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Albula m sg (genitive Albulae); first declension

  1. The ancient name of the Tiber
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Albula.
  2. A small river in Picenum, mentioned only by Pliny
  3. A small river that flows into the Anio near the town of Tibur

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Albula
Genitive Albulae
Dative Albulae
Accusative Albulam
Ablative Albulā
Vocative Albula

References
  • “Albula”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Albula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. G. Alessio "Studi storico-linguisitci messapici" in Archivio Storico Pugliese p. 304; "Sul nome di Brindisi" in Archivio Storico Puglese VIII 1955 p. 211 f.; "Apulia et Calabria nel quadro della toponomastica mediterranea" in Atti del VII Congresso Internazionale di Studi Onomastici Firenze 1962 p. 85.
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