Strabo

See also: strabo

English

Etymology

From Latin Strabō, from Ancient Greek Στρᾰ́βων (Strábōn).

Proper noun

Strabo

  1. (63/64 B.C.E. – ca. 24 C.E.) Ancient Greek geographer, philosopher, and historian from Amaseia in Pontus.

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Latin

Etymology

From strabō (person with cross-eyes or distorted eyes; squinter; jealous person). Also used as a calque of Ancient Greek Στρᾰ́βων (Strábōn), from στραβός (strabós) of identical sense.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Strabō m sg (genitive Strabōnis); third declension

  1. Strabo, a prominent Romano-Greek geographer and historian from Pontus in Asia Minor
    Strabonis Rerum Geographicarum Libri XVII
    Strabo's 17 Books on Geographical Topics
  2. a cognomen and agnomen used by the gens Fannia and others

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Strabō
Genitive Strabōnis
Dative Strabōnī
Accusative Strabōnem
Ablative Strabōne
Vocative Strabō

References

  • Străbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Străbo 2 Străbo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • The Geography of Strabo, 2014.
  • George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109.
  • Duane Roller, A Historical and Topographical Guide to the Geography of Strabo, 2018, p. 307.
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