proper noun · femininethird declension
Gādēs
Gādēs f pl (genitive Gādium)
Classical[ˈɡaː.deːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈɡaː.des]
Meaning
- modern Cádiz, originally a Phoenician colony in Hispania Baetica on an island of the same name
- figurativelyan end or limit (from its location at the south-western extremity of Spain, on the edge of the Old World)
You may possess a more extensive dominion by con- trolling a craving disposition, than if you could unite Libya to the distant Gades, and the natives of either Carthage were subject to you alone.
Horace, quoted in Dictionary of Latin quotations, proverbs, maxims and mottos, classical and medieval, including law terms and phrases : with a selection of Greek quotations (1866)So Hamilcar left his design of war concealed in his secret heart, and made for Calpe and Gades, the limit of the world; but, while carrying the standards of Africa to the Pillars of Hercules, he fell in a hard-fought battle.
Silius Italicus, Punica With An English Translation By James Duff
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | Gādēs |
| genitive | — | Gādium |
| dative | — | Gādibus |
| accusative | — | Gādēs Gādīs |
| ablative | — | Gādibus |
| vocative | — | Gādēs |
| locative | — | Gādibus |
Gādes, ĭum, f. the Phœnician gadis means hedge,
I. a famous colony of the Phœnicians established on an island of the same name in Hispania Baetica, the modern Cadiz, Mel. 2, 7, 1; 3, 6, 1; Plin. 4, 22, 36, § 120; Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 1; id. de Sen. 19, 69; Liv. 21, 21; Hor. C. 2, 2, 11; 2, 6, 1. Called also Gadir or Gaddir (Gr. τὰ Γάδειρα), Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 648 and 698 P. (Hist. Fragm, 2, 26 Dietsch), Plin. l. l.—
II. Deriv. Gādītānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Gades:
Oceanus, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 227; cf. fretum, id. 3 praef. § 3: portus, Mel. 3, 1, 4: populus, Cic. Balb. 18, 42: foedus, id. ib. 14, 32.—Subst.: Gādītāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Gades, Cic. Balb. 17, 39; 18, 43; Caes. B. C. 2, 18; 21.—In fem.: Gādītānae, ārum, women of Gades, Plin. Ep. 1, 15, 3.—In sing.: Gādītānus, i, i. e. L. Cornelius Balbus, of Gades, Cic. Att. 7, 7, 6.Origins
Borrowed from Phoenician 𐤂𐤃𐤓 (gdr /gādēr, gādīr/, “a walled enclosure”); compare Ancient Greek Γᾱ́δειρα n pl (Gā́deira). The change from r to s in Latin is because of ongoing rhotacism at the time, when the two phonemes /r/ and /s/ were still often interchangeable in Latin.
Descendants
- FrenchGadès
- Catalangaditàfrom Latin Gādītānus
- EnglishGaditanianfrom Latin Gādītānus
- Frenchgaditanfrom Latin Gādītānus
- Italiangaditanofrom Latin Gādītānus
- Portuguesegaditanofrom Latin Gādītānus
- Spanishgaditanofrom Latin Gādītānus
- SpanishCádizfrom Arabic قَادِس
- EnglishCádizfrom Arabic قَادِس
- EnglishCadizfrom Arabic قَادِس