"urbs" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: urbes [plural]
Etymology: From Latin urbs. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|urbs}} Latin urbs Head templates: {{en-noun|urbes}} urbs (plural urbes)
  1. A walled city in Ancient Rome. Categories (topical): Ancient Rome

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /urbs/ [Classical], [ʊrps̠] [Classical], /urbs/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [urbs] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Uncertain. * From Proto-Italic *worβis, from Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ- (“to enclose”) (compare Umbrian 𐌖𐌄𐌓𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌄 (uerfale, “area for taking auspices”), Hittite [script needed] (warpa-, “enclosure”), Tocharian A warpi (“garden”), Tocharian B werwiye (“garden”)). * Derivation from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos (“city”) (from *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose”), whence e.g. Hittite [script needed] (gurtas, “citadel”) Sanskrit गृह (gṛhá, “house”), English yard) has been proposed, but suffers from irregularities; *horbus would be rather expected. Etymology templates: {{unc|la}} Uncertain, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*worβis}} Proto-Italic *worβis, {{der|la|ine-pro|*werbʰ-|t=to enclose}} Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ- (“to enclose”), {{cog|xum|𐌖𐌄𐌓𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌄|t=area for taking auspices}} Umbrian 𐌖𐌄𐌓𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌄 (uerfale, “area for taking auspices”), {{cog|hit|t=enclosure|tr=warpa-}} Hittite [script needed] (warpa-, “enclosure”), {{cog|xto|warpi|t=garden}} Tocharian A warpi (“garden”), {{cog|txb|werwiye|t=garden}} Tocharian B werwiye (“garden”), {{der|la|ine-pro|*gʰórdʰos|t=city}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos (“city”), {{m|ine-pro|*gʰerdʰ-|t=to enclose}} *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose”), {{cog|hit|t=citadel|tr=gurtas}} Hittite [script needed] (gurtas, “citadel”), {{cog|sa|गृह|t=house|tr=gṛhá}} Sanskrit गृह (gṛhá, “house”), {{cog|en|yard}} English yard Head templates: {{la-noun|urbs<3.I>|acc_pl=urbīs/urbēs|g=f}} urbs f (genitive urbis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|urbs<3.I>|acc_pl=urbīs/urbēs|nom_pl=urbēs/urbīs}} Forms: urbis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], urbs [nominative, singular], urbēs [nominative, plural], urbīs [nominative, plural], urbis [genitive, singular], urbium [genitive, plural], urbī [dative, singular], urbibus [dative, plural], urbem [accusative, singular], urbīs [accusative, plural], urbēs [accusative, plural], urbe [ablative, singular], urbibus [ablative, plural], urbs [singular, vocative], urbēs [plural, vocative]
  1. a city, walled town Tags: declension-3, feminine
    Sense id: en-urbs-la-noun--KR-gPkx
  2. the City, Rome Tags: declension-3, feminine Categories (place): Places
    Sense id: en-urbs-la-noun-LOSM6PYk Disambiguation of Places: 15 85 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: suburbium, urbicapus, urbicremus, urbicus, urbicārius, urbāniciānus, urbānitās, urbānus, urbānātim, urbānē, Urbīnum

Inflected forms

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        {
          "english": "He threatened the city with fire and sword.",
          "text": "Urbi ferro flammāque minatus est.",
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        {
          "english": "O immortal gods, where on earth are we? What government do we have? In what city do we live?",
          "ref": "106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam",
          "text": "O di immortales, ubinam gentium sumus? Quam rem publicam habemus? In qua urbe vivimus?"
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          "_dis": "38 62",
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          "_dis": "15 85",
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          "english": "From the founding of the City.",
          "text": "Ab urbe condita.",
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          "english": "To the City and the world.",
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        {
          "english": "When it was reported to Caesar that they were attempting to march through our province he hastened to set out from the City, and, by as great marches as he could, proceeded to Further Gaul, and arrived at Geneva.",
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            "2": "urbe",
            "3": "Urbe",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: urbe, Urbe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: urbe, Urbe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "urbe",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: urbe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: urbe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "urbe",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: urbe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: urbe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "urbe",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: urbe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: urbe"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*worβis"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *worβis",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*werbʰ-",
        "t": "to enclose"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ- (“to enclose”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xum",
        "2": "𐌖𐌄𐌓𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌄",
        "t": "area for taking auspices"
      },
      "expansion": "Umbrian 𐌖𐌄𐌓𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌄 (uerfale, “area for taking auspices”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit",
        "t": "enclosure",
        "tr": "warpa-"
      },
      "expansion": "Hittite [script needed] (warpa-, “enclosure”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xto",
        "2": "warpi",
        "t": "garden"
      },
      "expansion": "Tocharian A warpi (“garden”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "txb",
        "2": "werwiye",
        "t": "garden"
      },
      "expansion": "Tocharian B werwiye (“garden”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʰórdʰos",
        "t": "city"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos (“city”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*gʰerdʰ-",
        "t": "to enclose"
      },
      "expansion": "*gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit",
        "t": "citadel",
        "tr": "gurtas"
      },
      "expansion": "Hittite [script needed] (gurtas, “citadel”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "गृह",
        "t": "house",
        "tr": "gṛhá"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit गृह (gṛhá, “house”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "yard"
      },
      "expansion": "English yard",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain.\n* From Proto-Italic *worβis, from Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ- (“to enclose”) (compare Umbrian 𐌖𐌄𐌓𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌄 (uerfale, “area for taking auspices”), Hittite [script needed] (warpa-, “enclosure”), Tocharian A warpi (“garden”), Tocharian B werwiye (“garden”)).\n* Derivation from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos (“city”) (from *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose”), whence e.g. Hittite [script needed] (gurtas, “citadel”) Sanskrit गृह (gṛhá, “house”), English yard) has been proposed, but suffers from irregularities; *horbus would be rather expected.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "urbis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urbs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urbēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urbīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urbis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urbium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urbī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urbibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urbem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urbīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urbēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urbe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urbibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urbs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urbēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urbs<3.I>",
        "acc_pl": "urbīs/urbēs",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "urbs f (genitive urbis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urbs<3.I>",
        "acc_pl": "urbīs/urbēs",
        "nom_pl": "urbēs/urbīs"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He threatened the city with fire and sword.",
          "text": "Urbi ferro flammāque minatus est.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "O immortal gods, where on earth are we? What government do we have? In what city do we live?",
          "ref": "106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam",
          "text": "O di immortales, ubinam gentium sumus? Quam rem publicam habemus? In qua urbe vivimus?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a city, walled town"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "city",
          "city"
        ],
        [
          "walled",
          "walled"
        ],
        [
          "town",
          "town"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "From the founding of the City.",
          "text": "Ab urbe condita.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "To the City and the world.",
          "text": "Urbi et orbi.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "When it was reported to Caesar that they were attempting to march through our province he hastened to set out from the City, and, by as great marches as he could, proceeded to Further Gaul, and arrived at Geneva.",
          "ref": "c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.7",
          "text": "Caesari cum id nuntiatum esset, eos per provinciam nostram iter facere conari, maturat ab urbe proficisci et quam maximis potest itineribus in Galliam ulteriorem contendit et ad Genavam pervenit."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the City, Rome"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Rome",
          "Rome"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/urbs/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʊrps̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/urbs/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[urbs]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "urbs"
}

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