Abaddir
See also: abaddir
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Punic 𐤀𐤁𐤀𐤃𐤓 (ʾbʾdr /ʾabʾadir/, “mighty father”), a title bestowed by the Carthaginians on gods of the first order.[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aːˈbad.dir/, [äːˈbäd̪ːɪr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈbad.dir/, [äˈbäd̪ːir]
Proper noun edit
Ābaddir n sg (indeclinable)
References edit
- ^ “Abadir or Abaddir”, in The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert[1], 2022 February 22 (last accessed), archived from the original on 22 February 2022: “Abadir or Abaddir, word composed of two Phoenician terms. It means magnificent father, a title the Carthaginians gave to gods of the first order.”
- ^ “abaddir”, in North African Names from Latin Sources[2], 2022 February 22 (last accessed), archived from the original on 22 February 2022: “Priscianus 47, 153, 234, 313; cf. Jongeling JEOL xxix 1985--1986 (1987) 130 n. 21: abaddir probably = ʾb ʾdr, "mighty father", (this explanation already with Gesenius, Monumenta 384)”
Further reading edit
- “Abaddir”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Abaddir in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Abaddir”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011