andabata
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /anˈdaː.ba.ta/, [än̪ˈd̪äːbät̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /anˈda.ba.ta/, [än̪ˈd̪äːbät̪ä]
Noun
andābata m (genitive andābatae); first declension (uncommon)
- a gladiator who fought wearing a helmet without openings for the eyes
- 62 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 7.10:
- Sed tū in rē mīlitārī multō es cautior quam in advocātiōnibus, quī neque in Ōceanō natāre voluerīs studiōsissimus homō natandī neque spectāre essedāriōs, quem anteā nē andābatā quidem dēfraudāre poterāmus. Sed iam satis iocātī sumus.
- But you're much more cautious in military concerns than in counsel, who neither wished to swim in the Ocean, a man so keen on swimming, nor to watch those charioteers, whom we could not deprive before even of the enjoyment of a blindfolded gladiator. But we've already joked enough.
- Sed tū in rē mīlitārī multō es cautior quam in advocātiōnibus, quī neque in Ōceanō natāre voluerīs studiōsissimus homō natandī neque spectāre essedāriōs, quem anteā nē andābatā quidem dēfraudāre poterāmus. Sed iam satis iocātī sumus.
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | andābata | andābatae |
| Genitive | andābatae | andābatārum |
| Dative | andābatae | andābatīs |
| Accusative | andābatam | andābatās |
| Ablative | andābatā | andābatīs |
| Vocative | andābata | andābatae |
References
- “andabata”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “andabata”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- andabata in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.