Corduba
Latin
Etymology
From Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤉𐤅𐤁𐤏𐤉 (qrtywbʿy); originally 𐤒𐤓𐤕 (qrt, “city”) + 𐤉𐤅𐤁𐤏𐤉 (ywbʿy, “Juba I”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkor.du.ba/, [ˈkɔrd̪ʊbä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkor.du.ba/, [ˈkɔrd̪ubä]
Proper noun
Corduba f sg (genitive Cordubae); first declension
- A town in Hispania Baetica, now Córdoba.
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Corduba |
| Genitive | Cordubae |
| Dative | Cordubae |
| Accusative | Cordubam |
| Ablative | Cordubā |
| Vocative | Corduba |
| Locative | Cordubae |
Derived terms
- Cordubēnsis
Descendants
- Old Leonese: Cordova
- Asturian: Córdoba
- Old Portuguese: Cordova
- Fala: Córdoba
- Galician: Córdoba
- Portuguese: Córdova
- Spanish: Córdoba
- English: 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
Further reading
Córdoba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia