Abdera
See also: Abderą
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ἄβδηρα (Ábdēra).
Proper noun edit
Abdera
- An ancient city in Thrace, in modern Greece
- A modern municipality of Xanthi, in the administrative region of Thrace, Greece.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
town
Anagrams edit
German edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἄβδηρα (Ábdēra).
Proper noun edit
Abdera n (proper noun, genitive Abderas or (optionally with an article) Abdera)
- Abdera (an ancient city in Thrace, in modern Greece)
- Abdera (a modern municipality of Xanthi, in the administrative region of Thrace, Greece).
Declension edit
Declension of Abdera [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- Abdera on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Abdera” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Abdera” in Duden online
- “Abdera” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Abdēra, from Ancient Greek Ἄβδηρα (Ábdēra).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Abdera f
- Abdera (an ancient city in Thrace, in modern Greece)
- Abdera (a modern municipality of Xanthi, in the administrative region of Thrace, Greece)
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Abdera in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading edit
- Abdera (Tracia) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ἄβδηρα (Ábdēra).
Pronunciation 1 edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /abˈdeː.ra/, [äbˈd̪eːrä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /abˈde.ra/, [äbˈd̪ɛːrä]
Proper noun edit
Abdēra n or f (variously declined, genitive Abdērōrum or Abderae); second declension, first declension
- Abdera (an ancient city in Thrace, in modern Greece)
- Abdera (a modern municipality of Xanthi, in the administrative region of Thrace, Greece)
- (figuratively, by extension) Chelm, cloud-cuckoo-land
Declension edit
Second declension (neuter plural) or first declension (feminine singular) noun, with locative.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | Abdēra |
Genitive | Abdērōrum Abdērae |
Dative | Abdērīs Abdērae |
Accusative | Abdēra Abdēram |
Ablative | Abdērīs Abdērā |
Vocative | Abdēra |
Locative | Abdērīs Abdērae |
Alternative forms edit
- Abdērum n
Derived terms edit
Pronunciation 2 edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /abˈdeː.raː/, [äbˈd̪eːräː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /abˈde.ra/, [äbˈd̪ɛːrä]
Proper noun edit
Abdērā f
- ablative of Abdēra
References edit
- “Abdera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Abdera”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Abdera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Abdera in D. P. Simpson, Cassell's Latin Dictionary, Wiley Publishing, 1968
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἄβδηρα (Ábdēra).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Abdera f
- Abdera (an ancient city in Thrace, in modern Greece)
- Abdera (a modern municipality of Xanthi, in the administrative region of Thrace, Greece)
- miasto Abdera ― the city of Abdera
- mieszkaniec Abdery ― resident of Abdera
Declension edit
Declension of Abdera
Related terms edit
adjective
nouns
Further reading edit
- Abdera in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Proper noun edit
Abdera f