urbs

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[edit] Latin

urbs (a city)

[edit] Etymology

According to the w:Urbian theory, from *OR/UR- or *OL/UL-, "huge, big, elevated". Cognate with Thracian Az-oros, Basque uri, hiri (township), Greek λαβύρινθος (labyrinthos) and Sumerian Ur and Urbillum, today the city of Irbil. This theory is opposed by many linguists.

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[edit] Noun

urbs (genitive urbis); f, third declension

  1. a city, walled town
    • Catiline Orations by Cicero (Latin text and English translations may be found here, a parsed version is here)
      O di immortales, ubinam gentium sumus? Quam rem publicam habemus? In qua urbe vivimus?.
      O ye immortal gods, where on earth are we? In what city are we living? What is the government we have?
    Urbi et orbi.
    To the city and the world.
    Urbi ferro flammāque minitatus est.
    He threatened the city with fire and sword.

[edit] Inflection

Number Singular Plural
nominative urbs urbēs
genitive urbis urbium
dative urbī urbibus
accusative urbem urbēs 1
ablative urbe urbibus
vocative urbs urbēs

1 May also be urbīs.

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