Strabo
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See also: strabo
English
Etymology
From Latin Strabō, from Ancient Greek Στρᾰ́βων (Strábōn).
Proper noun
Strabo
- (63/64 B.C.E. – ca. 24 C.E.) Ancient Greek geographer, philosopher, and historian from Amaseia in Pontus.
Translations
geographer, philosopher, and historian
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Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From strabō (“person with cross-eyes or distorted eyes; squinter; jealous person”). Also used as a calque of Ancient Greek Στρᾰ́βων (Strábōn), from στραβός (strabós) of identical sense.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈstra.boː/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈstra.bo/,
Proper noun
Strabō m sg (genitive Strabōnis); third declension
- Strabo, a prominent Romano-Greek geographer and historian from Pontus in Asia Minor
- Strabonis Rerum Geographicarum Libri XVII
- a cognomen and agnomen used by the gens Fannia and others
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Strabō |
| genitive | Strabōnis |
| dative | Strabōnī |
| accusative | Strabōnem |
| ablative | Strabōne |
| vocative | Strabō |
References
- “Străbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Străbo 2 Străbo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- The Geography of Strabo, 2014.
- George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109.
- Duane Roller, A Historical and Topographical Guide to the Geography of Strabo, 2018, p. 307.