English

Proper noun

Abdera

1. A Thracian town known for the foolishness of its inhabitants.

Derived terms

• Abderian
• abderian
• abderitic
• abderitism

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἄβδηρα ‎(Ábdēra).

Proper noun

Abdēra n pl ‎(genitive Abdērōrum); second declension
Abdēra f ‎(genitive Abdērae); first declension

1. Abdera (A Thracian town known for its inhabitants' foolishness)
2. (figuratively, by extension) Chelm, cloud-cuckoo-land

Declension

This can be declined in two various fashions.

Derived terms

• abdērītānus

References

• Abdera in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Abdera in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Abdera”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Abdera in D. P. Simpson, Cassell's Latin Dictionary, Wiley Publishing, 1968

Portuguese

Proper noun

Abdera f

1. Abdera (an ancient city in Thrace)