Chaboras

Latin

Alternative forms

• Chabura
• Abora
• Aborrhas

View of the river

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χαβώρας (Khabṓras).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʰaˈboː.raːs/, [kʰäˈboːräːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈbo.ras/, [käˈbɔːräs]

Proper noun

Chabōrās m sg (genitive Chabōrae); first declension

1. A river in Mesopotamia, now the Khabur (Euphrates) River

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Chabōrās
Genitive	Chabōrae
Dative	Chabōrae
Accusative	Chabōrān
Ablative	Chabōrā
Vocative	Chabōrā

References

• Chabura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Chaboras”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly