Abdera

English

location map of Abdera

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Ἄβδηρα (Ábdēra).

Proper noun

Abdera

1. A Thracian town known for the foolishness of its inhabitants.

Derived terms

• Abderian
• abderian
• abderitic
• abderitism

Translations

town

• Greek:

  Ancient: Ἄβδηρα n pl (Ábdēra)

• Latin: Abdēra (la) n pl and f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: Abdera f
• Swedish: Abdera

Anagrams

• abrade, abread

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin Abdēra, from Ancient Greek Ἄβδηρα (Ábdēra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈab.de.ra/
• Hyphenation: Àb‧de‧ra

Noun

Abdera f

1. Abdera (ancient city in Thracia)

Related terms

• abderita

Further reading

• Abdera (Tracia) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἄβδηρα (Ábdēra).

Proper noun

Abdēra n pl (genitive Abdērōrum); second declension
Abdēra f sg (genitive Abdērae); first declension

1. Abdera (A Thracian town known for its inhabitants' foolishness)
2. (figuratively, by extension) Chelm, cloud-cuckoo-land

Declension

This can be declined in two various fashions.

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, plural only. Case Plural Nominative Abdēra Genitive Abdērōrum Dative Abdērīs Accusative Abdēra Ablative Abdērīs Vocative Abdēra Locative Abdērīs

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only. Case Singular Nominative Abdēra Genitive Abdērae Dative Abdērae Accusative Abdēram Ablative Abdērā Vocative Abdēra Locative Abdērae

Derived terms

• abdērītānus

References

• “Abdera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Abdera”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Abdera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Abdera in D. P. Simpson, Cassell's Latin Dictionary, Wiley Publishing, 1968

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Abdera f

1. Abdera (an ancient city in Thrace)