Abzoae
Latin edit
Etymology edit
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Name of a nomadic tribe from Pliny the Elder's Natural History VI, 38. Compare the reconstructed Later Han Chinese pronunciation of 奄蔡, *ʔɨamB-sɑC (Schuessler 2009). Also compared 闔蘇 (OC *ĥa̱p-sa̱ĥ) (Hulsewé 1979), another name of 奄蔡, according to Yan Shigu (Yu 1998).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈab.zo.ae̯/, [ˈäbd̪͡z̪oäe̯]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈab.d͡zo.e/, [ˈäbd̪͡z̪oe]
Proper noun edit
Abzoae m pl (genitive Abzoārum); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun, plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Abzoae |
| Genitive | Abzoārum |
| Dative | Abzoīs |
| Accusative | Abzoās |
| Ablative | Abzoīs |
| Vocative | Abzoae |
References edit
- Abzoae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.