Ebora

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See also: ebora and ẹbọra

Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Proto-Celtic *eburos (yew). Compare Latin Eboracum (York).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Ebora f sg (genitive Eborae); first declension

  1. A city in Lusitania, now Évora

Declension

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First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Ebora
Genitive Eborae
Dative Eborae
Accusative Eboram
Ablative Eborā
Vocative Ebora
Locative Eborae

Descendants

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  • Old Galician-Portuguese: Evora
    • Portuguese: Évora

References

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  • Ebora”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Ebora in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Ebora”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Ebora”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press