Abdera

English
location map of Abdera

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἄβδηρα (Ábdēra).

Proper noun

Abdera

  1. A Thracian town known for the foolishness of its inhabitants.

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἄβδηρα (Ábdēra).

Proper noun

Abdēra n pl (genitive Abdērōrum); second declension
Abdēra f (genitive Abdērae); first declension

  1. Abdera (A Thracian town known for its inhabitants' foolishness)
  2. (figuratively, by extension) Chelm, cloud-cuckoo-land

Declension

This can be declined in two various fashions.

Second declension, with locative.
Case Plural
Nominative Abdēra
Genitive Abdērōrum
Dative Abdērīs
Accusative Abdēra
Ablative Abdērīs
Vocative Abdēra
Locative Abdērīs
 First declension, with locative.
Case Singular
Nominative Abdēra
Genitive Abdērae
Dative Abdērae
Accusative Abdēram
Ablative Abdērā
Vocative Abdēra
Locative Abdērae

Derived terms

References
  • Abdera in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Abdera in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Abdera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Abdera in D. P. Simpson, Cassell's Latin Dictionary, Wiley Publishing, 1968

Portuguese

Proper noun

Abdera f

  1. Abdera (an ancient city in Thrace)
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