Γάδειρα

Γάδειρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Γήδειρα (Gḗdeira) – Ionic

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤂𐤃𐤓‎ (gdr /gādēr, gādīr/, literally “wall”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡǎː.deː.ra/ → /ˈɣa.ði.ra/ → /ˈɣa.ði.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡǎː.deː.ra/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.di.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.ði.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.ði.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.ði.ra/

Proper noun

Γᾱ́δειρᾰ • (Gā́deira) n (genitive Γᾱδείρων); second declension

1. Cádiz

Inflection

Second declension of τᾰ̀ Γᾱ́δειρᾰ; τῶν Γᾱδείρων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ Γᾱ́δειρᾰ tà Gā́deira
Genitive	τῶν Γᾱδείρων tôn Gādeírōn
Dative	τοῖς Γᾱδείροις toîs Gādeírois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ Γᾱ́δειρᾰ tà Gā́deira
Vocative	Γᾱ́δειρᾰ Gā́deira
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Γᾱδηραῖος (Gādēraîos)
• Γᾱδηρικός (Gādērikós)

Descendants

• Greek: Γάδειρα (Gádeira)
• → Latin: Gādēs
  • → French: Gadès
  • ⇒ Latin: Gādītānus
    • → Catalan: gadità
    • → English: Gaditanian
    • → French: gaditan
    • → Italian: gaditano
    • → Portuguese: gaditano
    • → Spanish: gaditano
  • → Arabic: قَادِس‎ (qādis)
    • Hijazi Arabic: قادس‎ (gādis)
    • → Galician: Cais
    • → Spanish: Cádiz
      • → English: Cádiz, Cadiz
      • → Italian: Cadice, Càdice
      • → French: Cadix
      • → Venetian: Càdice

References

• “Γάδειρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Γάδειρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Γάδειρα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
• “Γάδειρα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • cadiz idem, page 108.