Ababa

• Hababa

Of Scythian origin, most likely.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ba.ba/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ba.ba/,

Ababa f sg (genitive Ababae); first declension

1. a female given name: the Alan mother of the late Roman Emperor Maximinus Thrax (c. 173–238)
   • 6th C. CE, Jordanes, Romana 281:

     Maximīnus genere Gothicō, patre Miccā Ababāque Alānā genitus mātre, sōlā mīlitum voluntāte ad imperium concēdēns, bellum adversus Germānōs fēlīciter gessit indeque revertēns, contrā Chrīstiānōs movēns intestīnō proeliō, vix trēs annōs rēgnāns, Aquilēiā ā Puppiēnō occīsus est.

     Maximinus, of Gothic origin, born from the father Micca and the Alan mother Ababa, taking up the empire only by the will of the soldiers, waged war successfully against the Germans and, returning from that, leading an inner war against the Christians, only reigning three years, was killed at Aquileia by Pupienus.

First-declension noun, singular only.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ba.baː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ba.ba/,

Ababā f

1. ablative of Ababa

• “Ababa” in volume I, column 41, line 50 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present

• IPA^(key): /aˈbaba/
• Rhymes: -aba
• Syllabification: A‧ba‧ba

Ababa f

1. a female given name