LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun · neutervariously declined, second declension, first declension

Abdēra

Abdēra n or f (genitive Abdērōrum or Abderae)
Classical[abˈdeː.ra]Ecclesiastical[abˈdɛː.ra]

Meaning

  1. Abdera (an ancient city in Thrace, in modern Greece)
  2. Abdera (a modern municipality of Xanthi regional unit in the administrative region of Thrace, Greece)
  3. broadlyfigurativelyChelm, cloud-cuckoo-land

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominative—Abdēra
genitiveAbdērīAbdērōrum
Abdērae
dativeAbdērōAbdērīs
Abdērae
accusative—Abdēra
Abdēram
ablativeAbdērōAbdērīs
Abdērā
vocative—Abdēra
locative—Abdērīs
Abdērae

Abdēra, ōrum, n., and ae, f., =Ἄβὀηρα.
I. Abdera, a town on the southern coast of Thrace, not far from the mouth of the Nestus, noted for the stupidity of its inhabitants. It was the birthplace of the philosophers Protagoras, Democritus, and Anaxarchus; n., Liv. 45, 29, 6; Gell. 5, 3, 3; f., Ov. Ib. 469; Plin. 25, 8, 53, § 94 dub.; 4, 11, 18, § 42: hic Abdera, non tacente me, here was Abdera itself, Cic. Att. 4, 17, 3 (4, 16, 6).—
2. Folly, stupidity, madness, Cic. l. l. (cf.: id est Ἀβὀηριτικόν, i. e. stupid, id. Att. 7, 7, 4, and Arn. 5, p. 164; Juv. 10, 50; Mart. 10, 25, 4).—
B. Hence, derivv.
1. Abdērīta and Abdērītes, ae, m., =Ἀβδηρίτης, an Abderite: Democritus Abderites, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17: Abderites Protagoras, Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 63; cf. id. Brut. 8: de Protagora Abderita, id. de Or. 3, 32, 128: Abderitae legati, Liv. 43, 4, 8; cf. id. § 12 sq.; Vitr. 7, 5, 6; Just. 15, 2 al.—
2. Ab-dērītānus, a, um, adj., of Abdera, meton. for stupid, foolish: Abderitanae pectora plebis habes, Mart. 10, 25, 4.—
II. A city of Hispania Baetlca, on the southern coast, now Adra, Mel. 2, 6, 7; Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 8.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄβδηρα (Ábdēra).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyAbderaAbdera 1. (τὰ Ἄβδηρα, also Ἄβδηρον or -os; Abdera,--orum, Liv. 45.29; Abdera,--ae, Plin. Nat. 25.53: Eth. Ἀβδηρίτης, Abderites or--ita: Adj. Ἀβδηριτικ…

Quick answers

What does Abdēra mean in Latin?
Abdēra, a proper noun, means “Abdera (an ancient city in Thrace, in modern Greece); Abdera (a modern municipality of Xanthi regional unit in the administrative region of Thrace, Greece); Chelm, cloud-cuckoo-land”.
What is the genitive of Abdēra?
The genitive singular is Abdērōrum. Abdēra is neuter, variously declined, second declension, first declension.
How do you pronounce Abdēra?
In classical Latin, [abˈdeː.ra]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [abˈdɛː.ra].