Adherbal

Latin

Etymology

From Punic 𐤀𐤃𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤋 (ʾdrbʿl, literally “Baal is great”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /adˈher.bal/, [äd̪ˈ(ɦ)ɛrbäɫ̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈder.bal/, [äˈd̪ɛrbäl]

Proper noun

Adherbal m sg (genitive Adherbalis); third declension

1. A prince of Numidia, son of Micipsa

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Adherbal
Genitive	Adherbalis
Dative	Adherbalī
Accusative	Adherbalem
Ablative	Adherbale
Vocative	Adherbal

Further reading

• “Adherbal”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Adherbal in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.