andabata

See also: anadabatą

Latin

Etymology

Unknown. One proposed source is Ancient Greek ἀναβάτης (anabátēs, “mounted one, horseman, rider”). Another proposed source is the Celtic language Gaulish, from an unattested compound word derived from the same root as Indo-Iranian *andʰás (“blind, dark”) combined with a second element that could either be related to battuo or derive from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂- (“to go”), which gave rise in some Celtic languages to words related to death such as Old Irish atbaill (“perish, die”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /anˈdaː.ba.ta/, [än̪ˈd̪äːbät̪ä] or IPA^(key): /anˈda.ba.ta/, [än̪ˈd̪äbät̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /anˈda.ba.ta/, [än̪ˈd̪äːbät̪ä]
• Due to the uncertain etymology and scarce attestation of the word, the vowel lengths do not appear to be definitely known. Lewis and Short gives andābătă while Gaffiot gives andăbătă.

Noun

andā̆bata m (genitive andā̆batae); first declension (uncommon)

1. a gladiator who fought wearing a helmet without openings for the eyes
   • 62 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 7.10:

     Sed tū in rē mīlitārī multō es cautior quam in advocātiōnibus, quī neque in Ōceanō natāre voluerīs studiōsissimus homō natandī neque spectāre essedāriōs, quem anteā nē andabatā quidem dēfraudāre poterāmus. Sed iam satis iocātī sumus.

     But you're much more cautious in military concerns than in counsel, who neither wished to swim in the Ocean, a man so keen on swimming, nor to watch those charioteers, whom we could not deprive before even of the enjoyment of a blindfolded gladiator. But we've already joked enough.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	andābata	andābatae
Genitive	andābatae	andābatārum
Dative	andābatae	andābatīs
Accusative	andābatam	andābatās
Ablative	andābatā	andābatīs
Vocative	andābata	andābatae

Descendants

• → Polish: andabata (learned)

Further reading

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

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin andabata. First attested in 1612.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an.daˈba.ta/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: an‧da‧ba‧ta

Noun

andabata m pers

1. (Ancient Rome, historical) andabatae (gladiator who fought wearing a helmet without openings for the eyes)

Declension

Declension of andabata

	singular	plural
nominative	andabata	andabaci/andabaty (deprecative)
genitive	andabaty	andabatów
dative	andabacie	andabatom
accusative	andabatę	andabatów
instrumental	andabatą	andabatami
locative	andabacie	andabatach
vocative	andabato	andabaci

Further reading

• andabata in Polish dictionaries at PWN