Arabis

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Translingual

Arabis auriculata
Arabis pendula
Arabis soyeri

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀραβίς (arabís, “whitetop (Lepidium draba)”).

Proper noun

Arabis f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae – rockcresses and certain similar plants.

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἄραβις (Árabis).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Arabis m sg (genitive Arabis); third declension

  1. A river of Gedrosia, now the Puran
    • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 9.2:
      Gedrosos, qui Arabim amnem accolunt, Alexandri Magni classium praefecti prodiderunt in domibus fores maxillis beluarum facere, ossibus tecta contignare, ex quibus multa quadragenum cubitorum longitudinis reperta.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, ablative singular in -ī), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Arabis
Genitive Arabis
Dative Arabī
Accusative Arabim
Ablative Arabī
Vocative Arabis

References

  • Arabis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Arabis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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