"urbs" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɜːbz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɝbz/ [General-American] Forms: urbes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bz Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ-der. Proto-Italic *worβis? Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰosder.? Latin urbsbor. English urbs Borrowed from Latin urbs. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|la:urbs|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ-der. Proto-Italic *worβis? Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰosder.? Latin urbsbor. English urbs [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*werbʰ-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*worβis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "enclose", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*gʰerdʰ-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "thematic", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-os", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*gʰórdʰos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "urbs", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "urbs", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="urbs"> Borrowed from Latin urbs. Head templates: {{en-noun|urbes}} urbs (plural urbes)
  1. A walled city in Ancient Rome.
    Sense id: en-urbs-en-noun-xglGttAN Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Ancient Rome, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 88 4 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 95 2 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 2 3 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 94 2 4 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 95 2 3

Inflected forms

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