Arabia Felix

Latin

Arabia Felix

Alternative forms

• Arabia felix

Etymology

Calque of Ancient Greek Ἀραβία Εὐδαίμων (Arabía Eudaímōn).

Pronunciation

• (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

Arabia Fēlīx f sg (genitive Arabiae Fēlīcis); first declension

1. (literally) Prosperous Arabia
2. the most flourishing sea-port of Arabia Felix, now Aden in Yemen
3. Yemen

Declension

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

Synonyms

• (sea-port of Arabia Felix, Aden): Attana

See also

• German: glückliches Arabien, Glückliches Arabien

References

• “Arabia Felix”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly