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Latin
Etymology
Probably from Punic 𐤀𐤁𐤀𐤃𐤓 (ʾbʾdr /ʾabʾadir/, “mighty father”), a title bestowed by the Carthaginians on gods of the first order.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ābaddir n sg (indeclinable)
- A Punic deity.
References
- ^ “Abadir or Abaddir”, in The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert, 2022 February 22 (last accessed), archived from the original on 22 February 2022: “Abadir or Abaddir, word composed of two Phoenician terms. It means magnificent father, a title the Carthaginians gave to gods of the first order.”
- ^ “abaddir”, in North African Names from Latin Sources, 2022 February 22 (last accessed), archived from the original on 22 February 2022: “Priscianus 47, 153, 234, 313; cf. Jongeling JEOL xxix 1985--1986 (1987) 130 n. 21: abaddir probably = ʾb ʾdr, "mighty father", (this explanation already with Gesenius, Monumenta 384)”
Further reading
- “Abaddir”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Abaddir in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Abaddir”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011