Arabia Felix

Latin

Arabia Felix

Alternative forms

Etymology

Calque of Ancient Greek Ἀραβία Εὐδαίμων (Arabía Eudaímōn), literally meaning “the well-off Arabia”.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Arabia Fēlīx f sg (genitive Arabiae Fēlīcis); first declension

  1. The Arabian Peninsula, especially South Arabia, (post-Classical) Yemen (region)
  2. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) A port-city of southern Arabia, modern Aden in Yemen

Declension

First-declension noun with a third-declension adjective, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Arabia Fēlīx
Genitive Arabiae Fēlīcis
Dative Arabiae Fēlīcī
Accusative Arabiam Fēlīcem
Ablative Arabiā Fēlīcī
Vocative Arabia Fēlīx

Coordinate terms

See also

  • German: glückliches Arabien, Glückliches Arabien

References

  • Arabia Felix”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Retsö, Jan (2000) “Where and what was Arabia Felix?”, in Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, volume 30, →JSTOR, pages 189–92
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