Arabia Felix
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Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Calque of Ancient Greek Ἀραβία Εὐδαίμων (Arabía Eudaímōn), literally meaning “the well-off Arabia”.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈra.bi.a ˈfeː.liːks/, [äˈräbiä ˈfeːlʲiːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈra.bi.a ˈfe.liks/, [äˈräːbiä ˈfɛːliks]
Proper noun[edit]
Arabia Fēlīx f sg (genitive Arabiae Fēlīcis); first declension
- The Arabian Peninsula, especially South Arabia, (post-Classical) Yemen (region)
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) A port-city of southern Arabia, modern Aden in Yemen
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun with a third-declension adjective, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Arabia Fēlīx |
Genitive | Arabiae Fēlīcis |
Dative | Arabiae Fēlīcī |
Accusative | Arabiam Fēlīcem |
Ablative | Arabiā Fēlīcī |
Vocative | Arabia Fēlīx |
Coordinate terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- German: glückliches Arabien, Glückliches Arabien
References[edit]
- “Arabia Felix”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Retsö, Jan (2000) “Where and what was Arabia Felix?”, in Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, volume 30, →JSTOR, pages 189–92
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- la:Cities in Yemen
- la:Places in Yemen