Corduba

Latin

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤉𐤅𐤁𐤏𐤉 (qrtywbʿy); originally 𐤒𐤓𐤕 (qrt, city) +‎ 𐤉𐤅𐤁𐤏𐤉 (ywbʿy, Juba I).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Corduba f sg (genitive Cordubae); first declension

  1. a town in Hispania Baetica in modern Spain
  2. (New Latin) Córdoba (the capital of the province of Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain)
  3. (New Latin) Córdoba (a province of Andalusia, Spain, around the city)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Corduba
genitive Cordubae
dative Cordubae
accusative Cordubam
ablative Cordubā
vocative Corduba
locative Cordubae

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Leonese: Cordova
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: Cordova
  • Spanish: Córdoba

References

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

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