gangaba

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Etymology

From Middle Persian.

Pronunciation

Noun

gangaba m (genitive gangabae); first declension

  1. (hapax) a porter

Usage notes

  • Mentioned once (in the accusative plural) as a word used by Persians for porters in Curtius Rufus' Historiae Alexandri Magni.

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative gangaba gangabae
genitive gangabae gangabārum
dative gangabae gangabīs
accusative gangabam gangabās
ablative gangabā gangabīs
vocative gangaba gangabae

Synonyms

References

  • “gangaba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gangaba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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