nabis

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English

Noun

nabis

  1. plural of nabi

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

nābis

  1. second-person singular future active indicative of

References

  • nabis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • nabis”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
  • nabis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nabis”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Old Prussian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃nobʰis, from *h₃nebʰ- (navel). Cognate with Sanskrit नाभि (nā́bhi), Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός (omphalós), Latin umbilīcus, Old English nafola (whence English navel).

Noun

nabis

  1. navel
    • Elbing German-Prussian Vocabulary
      Nabel   Nabis