Abdera
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Ἄβδηρα (Ábdēra).
Proper noun
Abdera
- A Thracian town known for the foolishness of its inhabitants.
Derived terms
Translations
town
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
From Latin Abdēra, from Ancient Greek Ἄβδηρα (Ábdēra).
Pronunciation
Noun
Abdera f
- Abdera (ancient city in Thracia)
Related terms
Further reading
Abdera (Tracia) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἄβδηρα (Ábdēra).
Proper noun
Abdēra n pl (genitive Abdērōrum); second declension
Abdēra f sg (genitive Abdērae); first declension
- Abdera (A Thracian town known for its inhabitants' foolishness)
- (figuratively, by extension) Chelm, cloud-cuckoo-land
Declension
This can be declined in two various fashions.
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, plural only.
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First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
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Derived terms
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
Portuguese
Proper noun
Abdera f
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