proper noun · masculine
Abaris
Abaris m sg (indeclinable)
Classical[ˈa.ba.rɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈaː.ba.ris]
Meaning
- indeclinablemasculinesingulara male given name
Ăbăris, ĭdis, m.
I. A Rutulian, slain by Euryalus; acc. Abarim, Verg. A. 9, 344. —
II. A companion of Phineus, slain by Perseus; acc. Abarin, Ov. M. 5, 86.
Origins
Perhaps from *Abar, from the Semitic root ʿ-b-r indicating “passage, crossing beyond”; compare abaritānus.