"urbs" meaning in Latin

See urbs in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈʊrps] [Classical-Latin], [ˈurbs] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ-der. Proto-Italic *worβis? Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰosder.? Latin urbs 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: {{ety|la|:inh<unc>|itc-pro:*worβis|:der<unc>|ine-pro:*gʰórdʰos|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 urbs [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|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" }" data-lang="la" data-title="urbs">, {{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”), {{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>|g=f|nom_pl=urbēs/urbīs|voc_pl=urbēs/urbīs}} urbs f (genitive urbis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|urbs<3.I>|footnote=Nominative/accusative/vocative plural <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">urbīs</i> is rare.|nom_pl=urbēs/urbīs|voc_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], urbēs [accusative, plural], urbīs [accusative, plural], urbe [ablative, singular], urbibus [ablative, plural], urbs [singular, vocative], urbēs [plural, vocative], urbīs [plural, vocative]
  1. a city, walled town Tags: declension-3, feminine
    Sense id: en-urbs-la-noun--KR-gPkx Categories (other): Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with etymon Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 67 33 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 44 56
  2. the City, Rome Tags: declension-3, feminine Categories (place): Places
    Sense id: en-urbs-la-noun-LOSM6PYk Disambiguation of Places: 42 58 Categories (other): Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 44 56 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: suburbium, urbānātim, urbānē, urbāniciānus, urbānitās, urbānus, urbicapus, urbicārius, urbicremus, urbicus, Urbīnum

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "suburbium"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "urbānātim"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "urbānē"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "urbāniciānus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "urbānitās"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "urbānus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "urbicapus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "urbicārius"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "urbicremus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "urbicus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Urbīnum"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Old Lombard",
          "lang_code": "lmo-old",
          "sense": "Rome",
          "word": "orba"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Inherited",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
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        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "urbs"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "lang_code": "eo",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "urbo"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Ido",
          "lang_code": "io",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "urbo"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "urbe"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Italian",
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          "raw_tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Urbe"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "urbe"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ro",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "urbe"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "urbe"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Borrowed",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    }
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      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *werbʰ-der.\nProto-Italic *worβis?\nProto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-\nProto-Indo-European *-os\nProto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰosder.?\nLatin urbs\n[Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|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\" }\" data-lang=\"la\" data-title=\"urbs\">",
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    {
      "args": {
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        "t": "area for taking auspices"
      },
      "expansion": "Umbrian 𐌖𐌄𐌓𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌄 (uerfale, “area for taking auspices”)",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "hit",
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      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "xto",
        "2": "warpi",
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      },
      "expansion": "Tocharian A warpi (“garden”)",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "txb",
        "2": "werwiye",
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      "expansion": "Tocharian B werwiye (“garden”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
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        "t": "city"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos (“city”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "yard"
      },
      "expansion": "English yard",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *werbʰ-der.\nProto-Italic *worβis?\nProto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-\nProto-Indo-European *-os\nProto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰosder.?\nLatin urbs\nUncertain.\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",
      "links": [
        [
          "urbēs",
          "urbes#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urbīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "urbīs",
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        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urbis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urbium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urbī",
      "links": [
        [
          "urbī",
          "urbi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urbibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urbem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urbēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "urbēs",
          "urbes#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urbīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "urbīs",
          "urbis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "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",
      "links": [
        [
          "urbēs",
          "urbes#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urbīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "urbīs",
          "urbis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urbs<3.I>",
        "g": "f",
        "nom_pl": "urbēs/urbīs",
        "voc_pl": "urbēs/urbīs"
      },
      "expansion": "urbs f (genitive urbis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urbs<3.I>",
        "footnote": "Nominative/accusative/vocative plural <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"la\">urbīs</i> is rare.",
        "nom_pl": "urbēs/urbīs",
        "voc_pl": "urbēs/urbīs"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              18,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He threatened the city with fire and sword.",
          "text": "Urbī ferrō flammāque minātus est.",
          "translation": "He threatened the city with fire and sword.",
          "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": "Ō dī immortālēs, ubinam gentium sumus? Quam rem pūblicam habēmus? In quā urbe vīvimus?",
          "translation": "O immortal gods, where on earth are we? What government do we have? In what city do we live?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a city, walled town"
      ],
      "id": "en-urbs-la-noun--KR-gPkx",
      "links": [
        [
          "city",
          "city"
        ],
        [
          "walled",
          "walled"
        ],
        [
          "town",
          "town"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 58",
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Places",
          "orig": "la:Places",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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              7
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              21,
              30
            ]
          ],
          "english": "From the founding of the City.",
          "text": "Ab urbe conditā.",
          "translation": "From the founding of the City.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "To the City and the world.",
          "text": "Urbī et orbī.",
          "translation": "To the City and the world.",
          "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": "Caesarī cum id nūntiātum esset, eōs per prōvinciam nostram iter facere cōnārī, mātūrat ab urbe proficīscī et quam maximīs potest itineribus in Galliam ulteriōrem contendit et ad Genāvam pervēnit.",
          "translation": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the City, Rome"
      ],
      "id": "en-urbs-la-noun-LOSM6PYk",
      "links": [
        [
          "Rome",
          "Rome"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʊrps]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈurbs]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "urbs"
}
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    "Latin entries with etymology trees",
    "Latin entries with etymon",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʰerdʰ-",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *werbʰ-",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymology trees",
    "Pages with etymon",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "suburbium"
    },
    {
      "word": "urbānātim"
    },
    {
      "word": "urbānē"
    },
    {
      "word": "urbāniciānus"
    },
    {
      "word": "urbānitās"
    },
    {
      "word": "urbānus"
    },
    {
      "word": "urbicapus"
    },
    {
      "word": "urbicārius"
    },
    {
      "word": "urbicremus"
    },
    {
      "word": "urbicus"
    },
    {
      "word": "Urbīnum"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Old Lombard",
          "lang_code": "lmo-old",
          "sense": "Rome",
          "word": "orba"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Inherited",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "urbs"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "lang_code": "eo",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "urbo"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Ido",
          "lang_code": "io",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "urbo"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "urbe"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "Urbe"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "urbe"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ro",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "urbe"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "urbe"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Borrowed",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": ":inh<unc>",
        "3": "itc-pro:*worβis",
        "4": ":der<unc>",
        "5": "ine-pro:*gʰórdʰos",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *werbʰ-der.\nProto-Italic *worβis?\nProto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-\nProto-Indo-European *-os\nProto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰosder.?\nLatin urbs\n[Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|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\" }\" data-lang=\"la\" data-title=\"urbs\">",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "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": "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": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *werbʰ-der.\nProto-Italic *worβis?\nProto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-\nProto-Indo-European *-os\nProto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰosder.?\nLatin urbs\nUncertain.\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",
      "links": [
        [
          "urbēs",
          "urbes#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urbīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "urbīs",
          "urbis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urbis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urbium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urbī",
      "links": [
        [
          "urbī",
          "urbi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urbibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urbem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urbēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "urbēs",
          "urbes#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urbīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "urbīs",
          "urbis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "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",
      "links": [
        [
          "urbēs",
          "urbes#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urbīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "urbīs",
          "urbis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urbs<3.I>",
        "g": "f",
        "nom_pl": "urbēs/urbīs",
        "voc_pl": "urbēs/urbīs"
      },
      "expansion": "urbs f (genitive urbis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urbs<3.I>",
        "footnote": "Nominative/accusative/vocative plural <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"la\">urbīs</i> is rare.",
        "nom_pl": "urbēs/urbīs",
        "voc_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": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              18,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He threatened the city with fire and sword.",
          "text": "Urbī ferrō flammāque minātus est.",
          "translation": "He threatened the city with fire and sword.",
          "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": "Ō dī immortālēs, ubinam gentium sumus? Quam rem pūblicam habēmus? In quā urbe vīvimus?",
          "translation": "O immortal gods, where on earth are we? What government do we have? In what city do we live?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "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": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              21,
              30
            ]
          ],
          "english": "From the founding of the City.",
          "text": "Ab urbe conditā.",
          "translation": "From the founding of the City.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "To the City and the world.",
          "text": "Urbī et orbī.",
          "translation": "To the City and the world.",
          "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": "Caesarī cum id nūntiātum esset, eōs per prōvinciam nostram iter facere cōnārī, mātūrat ab urbe proficīscī et quam maximīs potest itineribus in Galliam ulteriōrem contendit et ad Genāvam pervēnit.",
          "translation": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the City, Rome"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Rome",
          "Rome"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʊrps]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈurbs]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "urbs"
}

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