Ababa
See also: ababa
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Of Scythian origin, most likely.
Pronunciation 1 edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.ba.ba/, [ˈäbäbä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.ba.ba/, [ˈäːbäbä]
Proper noun edit
Ababa f sg (genitive Ababae); first declension
- a female given name: the Alan mother of the late Roman Emperor Maximinus Thrax (c. 173–238)
- 6th C. CE, Jordanes, Romana 281:
- Maximīnus genere Gothicō, patre Miccā Ababāque Alānā genitus mātre, sōlā mīlitum voluntāte ad imperium concēdēns, bellum adversus Germānōs fēlīciter gessit indeque revertēns, contrā Chrīstiānōs movēns intestīnō proeliō, vix trēs annōs rēgnāns, Aquilēiā ā Puppiēnō occīsus est.
- Maximinus, of Gothic origin, born from the father Micca and the Alan mother Ababa, taking up the empire only by the will of the soldiers, waged war successfully against the Germans and, returning from that, leading an inner war against the Christians, only reigning three years, was killed at Aquileia by Pupienus.
- 6th C. CE, Jordanes, Romana 281:
Declension edit
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Ababa |
Genitive | Ababae |
Dative | Ababae |
Accusative | Ababam |
Ablative | Ababā |
Vocative | Ababa |
Pronunciation 2 edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.ba.baː/, [ˈäbäbäː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.ba.ba/, [ˈäːbäbä]
Proper noun edit
Ababā f
- ablative of Ababa
References edit
- “Ababa” in volume I, column 41, line 50 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Ababa f
- a female given name