proper noun · masculineindeclinable, variously declined, first declension
Abīa1
Abīa m sg (genitive Abīa or Abīae)
Classical[aˈbiː.a]Ecclesiastical[aˈbiː.a]
Meaning
- indeclinableAbijah
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Abīa | — |
| genitive | Abīa Abīae | — |
| dative | Abīa Abīae | — |
| accusative | Abīa Abīam | — |
| ablative | Abīa | — |
| vocative | Abīa | — |
Origins
Borrowed from Koine Greek Ἀβῑᾱ́ (Abīā́), from Biblical Hebrew אֲבִיָּה (ʾĂḇiyyā́, “worshipper of Jah”).
In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries
GeographyAbiaAbia (ἡ Ἀβία: nr. Zarnata), a town of Messenia, on the Messenian gulf, and a little above the woody dell, named Choerius, which formed the boundary be…Biography & mythologyAbiaAbia (Ἀβία), the nurse of Hyllus, a son of Heracles. She built a temple of Heracles at Ira in Messenia, for which the Heraclid Cresphontes afterwards …