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Latin
Etymology
Uncertain. Older dictionaries assumed a derivation from Abaris, but this name is now thought to be indeclinable, suggesting instead *Abar + -itānus. Perhaps from the Semitic root ʿ-b-r indicating “passage, crossing beyond”; see Arabic ع ب ر (ʕ b r), Hebrew ע־ב־ר.
Pronunciation
Adjective
Abaritānus (feminine Abaritāna, neuter Abaritānum); first/second-declension adjective
- Pertaining to a certain diocese in Africa.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective, with locative.
References
- “Abaritanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Abaritanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Vattioni, Francesco (1996) “Abaritanus”, in Antiquités africaines (in Italian), number 32, pages 9–12