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gangaba

Latin

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gangaba m (genitive gangabae); first declension

  1. (hapax) a porter

Usage notes

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  • Mentioned once (in the accusative plural) as a word used by Persians for porters in Curtius Rufus' Historiae Alexandri Magni.

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gangaba gangabae
Genitive gangabae gangabārum
Dative gangabae gangabīs
Accusative gangabam gangabās
Ablative gangabā gangabīs
Vocative gangaba gangabae

Synonyms

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References

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