proper noun · femininefirst declension
Ā̆rabia
Ā̆rabia f sg (genitive Ā̆rabiae)
Classical[aːˈra.bi.a]Ecclesiastical[aˈraː.bi.a]
Meaning
- Arabia (a peninsula of West Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Ā̆rabia | — |
| genitive | Ā̆rabiae | — |
| dative | Ā̆rabiae | — |
| accusative | Ā̆rabiam | — |
| ablative | Ā̆rabiā | — |
| vocative | Ā̆rabia | — |
Ā^răbĭa (on account of the long A in Prop. 3, 10, 16, erroneously written by many Arrabia; cf. Jahn ad Hor. C. 3, 4, 9), ae, f., = Ἀραβία.
I. In an extended sense, the country Arabia, divided by the ancients into Petrœa (from its principal city, Petra), Deserta, and Felix, Plin. 5, 11, 12, § 65; Mel. 1, 10; Vulg. 3 Reg. 10, 15; ib. Gal. 4, 25 al.—
II. In a more restricted sense, a town in Arabia Felix, Mel. 3, 8, 7. —Hence, ā^răbĭcus, a, um, adj., Arabic, Arabian:
odor (i. e. tus), Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 2: sinus, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168; Mel. 3, 8, 1: resina, Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 122: adamas, id. 37, 4, 15, § 56: alites, id. 37, 10, 54, § 146: balanus, id. 12, 21, 46, § 102: lapicidinae, i. e. of alabaster, id. 36, 12, 17, § 78: spina, the acacia, id. 24, 12, 65, § 107: vectis, Curt. 7, 2. 17. —Absol.: ā^răbĭca, ae, f. (sc. gemma), a precious stone, similar to ivory, perh. a kind of chalcedony or onyx, Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 145; Isid. Orig. 16, 14.—ā^răbĭcē, adv.: facite olant aedes Arabice, make the apartments redolent with the perfumes of Araby (frankincense, which was brought from Arabia), Plaut. ap. Diom. p. 378 P. (Arabice olet, id est ex odoribus Arabicis, Fest. p. 23): Arabice sacri vocantur, in Arabic, Sol. c. 33.Origins
From Ancient Greek Ἀραβία (Arabía).
Descendants
- CatalanAràbia
- EnglishArabia
- FrenchArabie
- GermanArabienfrom Middle High German Arabie
- ItalianArabia
- PortugueseArábia
- RomanianArabia
- SpanishArabia
- AromanianArabii
- AromanianArabia