urbs

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Contents 1 Latin 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Inflection 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Descendants

[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /urps/
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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 ferrum flammamque 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.

[edit] Derived terms

urbānātim urbānē urbāniciānus urbānitās urbānus

urbicapus urbicārius urbicremus urbicus Urbīnum

[edit] Descendants

English: urban Esperanto: urbo Ido: urbo

Romanian: urbe Spanish: urbe