urbs
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Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
According to the 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.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
urbs (genitive urbis); f, third declension
- a city, walled town
- 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations (Latin text and English translations 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?
- O di immortales, ubinam gentium sumus? Quam rem publicam habemus? In qua urbe vivimus?.
- Urbi et orbi.
- To the city and the world.
- Urbi ferro flammāque minitatus est.
- He threatened the city with fire and sword.
- 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations (Latin text and English translations here)
- The City, viz. Rome
- p. 52 BCE, Gaius Iulius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico, Book I, sect. vii
- Caesari cum id nuntiatum esset, eos per provinciam nostram iter facere conari, maturat ab urbe proficisci et quam maximis potest itineribus in Galliam ulteriorem contendit et ad Genavam pervenit.
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- When it was reported to Caesar that they were attempting to make their route through our Province he hastens to set out from the City, and, by as great marches as he can, proceeds to Further Gaul, and arrives at Geneva.
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- Ab urbe condita.
- From the founding of the City.
Inflection [edit]
| 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.
