Gadara

See also: gadara

English

Etymology

From Latin Gadara, from Ancient Greek Γάδαρα (Gádara).

Proper noun

Gadara

1. (historical) Former name of Umm Qais, a city in northwestern Jordan.

Synonyms

• (ancient Umm Qais, Jordan): Gedaris, Antioch, Antiochia, Antiochia Semiramis, Seleucia

Translations

ancient Umm Qais — see also Umm Qais

• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: Γάδαρα (Gádara)

• Latin: Gadara

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γάδαρα (Gádara).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.da.ra/, [ˈɡäd̪ärä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.da.ra/, [ˈɡäːd̪ärä]

Proper noun

Gadara n pl (genitive Gadarōrum); second declension

1. (historical) Gadara (a former city in Decapolis, now within modern Jordan).

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Gadara
Genitive	Gadarōrum
Dative	Gadarīs
Accusative	Gadara
Ablative	Gadarīs
Vocative	Gadara
Locative	Gadarīs

References

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