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English
Proper noun
Nabis
- plural of Nabi
Anagrams
- Bains, Basin, Bians, IBANs, Ibans, Sabin, bains, basin, naibs, nisab, nisba, sabin
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νάβις (Nábis).
Pronunciation
Noun
Nabis m sg (genitive Nabidis); third declension
- A king of Sparta
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Nabis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Nabis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.