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Latin
Etymology
Unknown. Pliny locates Abarimon in the region of Mount Imaus, that is, the Hindu Kush, and a link has occasionally been suggested to the Abor, a tribal people of Assam, but this seems unlikely. Compare Abalī.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Abarimōn gender unattested (genitive Abarimōnis); third declension
- A legendary place in Scythia, inhabited by a tribe of people whose feet are turned backwards.
c. 77 CE – 79 CE,
Pliny the Elder,
Naturalis Historia 7.2.11:
- Super alios autem Anthropophagos Scythas, in quadam convalle maga Imai montis, regio est, quae vocatur Abarimon, in qua silvestres vivunt homines, aversis post crura plantis, eximiae velocitatis, passim cum feris vagantes.
- Beyond the other Syrian Anthropophagi, in a certain great valley of Mount Imaus, is the region that is called Abarimon, in which there live savage men whose feet are turned away from their legs, of remarkable speed, who wander about with wild animals.
Declension
Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
References
- Abarimon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.