gangaba
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Persian.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡan.ɡa.ba/, [ˈɡäŋɡäbä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡan.ɡa.ba/, [ˈɡäŋɡäbä]
Noun edit
gangaba m (genitive gangabae); first declension
Usage notes edit
- Mentioned once (in the accusative plural) as a word used by Persians for porters in Curtius Rufus' Historiae Alexandri Magni.
Declension edit
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 edit
References edit
- “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.