Ἄβδηρα

See also: Άβδηρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Phoenician. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /áb.dɛː.ra/ → /ˈaβ.ði.ra/ → /ˈav.ði.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /áb.dɛː.ra/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈab.de̝.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈaβ.ði.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈav.ði.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈav.ði.ra/

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓́βδηρᾰ • (Ábdēra) n (genitive Ᾰ̓βδήρων); second declension

1. Abdera (a city in Thrace, Greece)

Inflection

Second declension of τᾰ̀ Ᾰ̓́βδηρᾰ; τῶν Ᾰ̓βδήρων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ Ᾰ̓́βδηρᾰ tà Ábdēra
Genitive	τῶν Ᾰ̓βδήρων tôn Abdḗrōn
Dative	τοῖς Ᾰ̓βδήροις toîs Abdḗrois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ Ᾰ̓́βδηρᾰ tà Ábdēra
Vocative	Ᾰ̓́βδηρᾰ Ábdēra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ᾰ̓βδηρῑ́της (Abdērī́tēs)

Descendants

• → English: Abdera
• Greek: Άβδηρα (Ávdira)
• → Latin: Abdēra

Further reading

• Ἄβδηρα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 999