Abdera

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἄβδηρα.

Proper noun

Abdera

1. A Thracian town known for the foolishness of its inhabitants.

Translations

town

• Greek:

  Ancient: Ἄβδηρα (Abdēra) n pl

• Latin: Abdēra (la) n pl and f

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Latin

Proper noun

Abdēra (variously declined, genitive Abdērōrum or Abdērae); n, f or second declension

1. Abdera (A Thracian town known for its inhabitants' foolishness)
2. (figuratively, by extension) Chelm, cloud-cuckoo-land

Declension

This can be declined in two various fashions.

nominative	Abdēra
genitive	Abdērōrum
dative	Abdērīs
accusative	Abdēra
ablative	Abdērīs
vocative	Abdēra
locative	Abdērīs

nominative	Abdēra
genitive	Abdērae
dative	Abdērae
accusative	Abdēram
ablative	Abdērā
vocative	Abdēra
locative	Abdērae

References

Abdera in D. P. Simpson, Cassell's Latin Dictionary, Wiley Publishing, 1968