gangaba

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle Persian.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

gangaba m (genitive gangabae); first declension

  1. (hapax) a porter

Usage notes[edit]

  • Mentioned once (in the accusative plural) as a word used by Persians for porters in Curtius Rufus' Historiae Alexandri Magni.

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gangaba gangabae
Genitive gangabae gangabārum
Dative gangabae gangabīs
Accusative gangabam gangabās
Ablative gangabā gangabīs
Vocative gangaba gangabae

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “gangaba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gangaba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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