Corduba

Latin

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤒𐤀𐤓𐤕𐤉𐤅𐤁𐤏𐤉 (Qʾrtywbʾy); originally 𐤒𐤀𐤓𐤕 (qʾrt, “city”) +‎ 𐤉𐤅𐤁𐤏𐤉 (ywbʾy, “Juba I”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkor.du.ba/, [ˈkɔrd̪ʊbä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkor.du.ba/, [ˈkɔrd̪ubä]

Proper noun

Corduba f sg (genitive Cordubae); first declension

1. A town in Hispania Baetica, now Córdoba.

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Corduba
Genitive	Cordubae
Dative	Cordubae
Accusative	Cordubam
Ablative	Cordubā
Vocative	Corduba
Locative	Cordubae

Derived terms

• Cordubēnsis

Descendants

• Old Leonese: Cordova
  • Asturian: Córdoba
• Old Galician-Portuguese: Cordova
  • Fala: Córdoba
  • Galician: Córdoba
  • Portuguese: Córdova
• Spanish: Córdoba
  • English: Córdoba

References

• “Corduba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Corduba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Further reading

• Córdoba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia