Ebusus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Ebusos

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤉𐤁𐤅𐤔𐤉𐤌 (yibbōšīm, “dedicated to the god Bes”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈe.bu.sus/, [ˈɛbʊs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.bu.sus/, [ˈɛːbus̬us]

Proper noun

Ebusus f sg (genitive Ebusī); second declension

1. Ibiza

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ebusus
Genitive	Ebusī
Dative	Ebusō
Accusative	Ebusum
Ablative	Ebusō
Vocative	Ebuse

Derived terms

• Ebusītānus

Descendants

• Catalan: Eivissa
• Spanish: Ibiza

References

• “Ebusus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ebusus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Ebusus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly