proper noun · feminineindeclinable, variously declined, first declension
Saba
Saba f sg (genitive Saba or Sabae)
Classical[ˈsa.ba]Ecclesiastical[ˈsaː.ba]
Meaning
- indeclinableSheba
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Saba | — |
| genitive | Saba Sabae | Sabārum |
| dative | Saba Sabae | Sabīs |
| accusative | Saba Sabam | Sabās |
| ablative | Saba | Sabīs |
| vocative | Saba | — |
| locative | — | Sabīs |
Săba, ae, f., = Σάβα.
I. The largest town in Arabia Felix, especially celebrated for its myrrh, frankincense, etc.:
turifera, Plin. 12, 14, 30, § 52.—Hence, II. Să-baeus, a, um, adj., = Σαβαῖος, Sabœan:
tus, Verg. A. 1, 416: odor, Col. poët. 10, 262: nubes, Stat. S. 4, 8, 1: flores, id. ib. 5, 1, 211: myrrha, Sen. Herc. Oet. 376; cf. flos, i. e. of myrrh, Val. Fl. 6, 709: terra, Ov. M. 10, 480: cumulus, a funeral pyre perfumed with myrrh, etc., Claud. Phoen. 43.—As substt.: Săbaea, ae, f. (sc. terra), the territory of Saba, i. e. Arabia Felix, Hor. C. 1, 29, 3.—Săbaei, ōrum, m., a numerous people in Arabia Felix (named after their capital city, Saba), the Sabœans: Sabaei Arabum propter tura clarissimi, Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 154; cf. Mel. 3, 8, 6; Verg. G. 1, 57; 2, 117; id. A. 8, 706; Flor. 4, 11, 7; Claud. Cons. Hon. 4, 305; Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. 3, 23.Origins
From Ancient Greek Σάβα (Sába), from Biblical Hebrew שְׁבָא (Šəḇā).
Descendants
- ItalianSaba
In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries
GeographySabaSaba, SABAEI (Σάβη or Σαβαί: Eth. Σαβαῖος, fem. Σαβαία), were respectively the principal city and nation in Yemen, or Arabia Felix. [ARABIA] Ancient g…GeographySabaSaba Three cities of this name are distinguished by ancient geographers: the name indeed was a common appellation of towns, and signified head of the …