Strabo

Strabo

See also: strabo

English

Etymology

From Latin Strabō, from Ancient Greek Στρᾰ́βων (Strábōn).

Proper noun

Strabo

1. (63/64 B.C.E. – ca. 24 C.E.) Ancient Greek geographer, philosopher, and historian from Amaseia in Pontus.

Translations

geographer, philosopher, and historian

Albanian: Straboni Arabic: سترابو‎ Armenian: Ստրաբոն (Strabon) Catalan: Estrabó m French: Strabon (fr) m Greek: Στράβων (el) m (Strávon) Ancient: Στράβων m (Strábōn) Italian: Strabone m Latin: Strabō m Occitan: Estrabon m Portuguese: Estrabão m, Estrabo m Romanian: Strabon Russian: Страбо́н (ru) m (Strabón) Sicilian: Strabbuni Spanish: Estrabón m

Anagrams

• Barots, Bartos, Bators, Botsra, STOBAR, Tobars, aborts, boarts, broast, rabots, tabors

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Στρᾰ́βων (Strábōn), whose name is from στραβός (strabós, “distorted, squinting”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈstra.boː/, [ˈs̠t̪räboː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈstra.bo/, [ˈst̪räːbo]

Proper noun

Strabō m sg (genitive Strabōnis); third declension

1. Strabo
2. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Lucius Seius Strabo, a Roman prefect

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Strabō
Genitive	Strabōnis
Dative	Strabōnī
Accusative	Strabōnem
Ablative	Strabōne
Vocative	Strabō

References

• “Străbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Străbo 2 Străbo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

1. Roller, Duane (2018): A Historical and Topographical Guide to the Geography of Strabo, p. 307
2. The Geography of Strabo: An English Translation, with Introduction and Notes (2014)