Barbesula

Latin

View of the river

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /barˈbeː.su.la/, [bärˈbeːs̠ʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /barˈbe.su.la/, [bärˈbɛːs̬ulä]

Proper noun

Barbēsula f sg (genitive Barbēsulae); first declension

1. A river in Hispania Baetica, now the Guadiaro
2. A city on the banks of this river

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Barbēsula
genitive	Barbēsulae
dative	Barbēsulae
accusative	Barbēsulam
ablative	Barbēsulā
vocative	Barbēsula
locative	Barbēsulae

References

• “Barbesula”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Barbesula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.