Gades

See also: gades

Latin

Etymology

From , from Phoenician 𐤂𐤃𐤓 (Gādēr, Gādīr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaː.deːs/, [ˈɡäːd̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.des/, [ˈɡäːd̪es]

Proper noun

Gādēs f pl (genitive Gādium); third declension

1. a Phoenician colony in Hispania Baetica on an island of the same name; the location of modern Cádiz

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Gādēs
Genitive	Gādium
Dative	Gādibus
Accusative	Gādēs Gādīs
Ablative	Gādibus
Vocative	Gādēs
Locative	Gādibus

Derived terms

• Gādītānus

Descendants

• Arabic: قادس (Qādis)
• English: Cadiz
• Spanish: Cádiz

References

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