Abas

See also: abas, abás, abās, -abas, and à bas

Kavalan

Proper noun

Abas

  1. a female given name

References

  • Center for aboriginal studies (2014) “Abas”, in 原住民族人名譜 [Dictionary of Aboriginal Names in Taiwan]‎[1] (in Chinese), Taipei: Council of Indigenous Peoples

Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄβας (Ábas).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Abas m (genitive Abantis); third declension

  1. A personal name found in Greek and Roman mythology, famously held by:
    1. Abas (the twelfth king of Argos)
Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative Abas Abantēs
genitive Abantis Abantum
dative Abantī Abantibus
accusative Abantem Abantēs
ablative Abante Abantibus
vocative Abas Abantēs
Derived terms
  • abantēus (pertaining to Abas, adjective)
  • Abantiadēs (male descendant of Abas, noun)
  • Abantias (female descendant, land of Abas, noun)
  • abantius (pertaining to [the land of] Abas, adjective)

References

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Abās

  1. accusative plural of Abae