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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἄβυδος (Ábudos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Abȳdus f sg (genitive Abȳdī); second declension
- One of the most important cities of Egypt
- A city in Mysia, situated opposite to Sestus
Declension
Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Derived terms
References
- “Abydus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Abydus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Abydus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly