Arabia Felix
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Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Calque of Ancient Greek Ἀραβία Εὐδαίμων (Arabía Eudaímōn), literally meaning “the well-off Arabia”.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈra.bi.a ˈfeː.liːks/, [äˈräbiä ˈfeːlʲiːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈra.bi.a ˈfe.liks/, [äˈräːbiä ˈfɛːliks]
Proper noun
[edit]Arabia Fēlīx f sg (genitive Arabiae Fēlīcis); first declension
- The Arabian Peninsula, especially South Arabia, (post-Classical) Yemen (region)
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun with a third-declension adjective, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Arabia Fēlīx |
Genitive | Arabiae Fēlīcis |
Dative | Arabiae Fēlīcī |
Accusative | Arabiam Fēlīcem |
Ablative | Arabiā Fēlīcī |
Vocative | Arabia Fēlīx |
Coordinate terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- German: glückliches Arabien, Glückliches Arabien
References
[edit]- “Arabia Felix”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Retsö, Jan (2000) “Where and what was Arabia Felix?”, in Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, volume 30, →JSTOR, pages 189–92