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Bostra

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Βόστρα (Bóstra).

Proper noun

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Bostra f sg (genitive Bostrae); first declension

  1. Bosra (a Nabataean city, later capital of Arabia province, in modern Syria)

Declension

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First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Bostra
genitive Bostrae
dative Bostrae
accusative Bostram
ablative Bostrā
vocative Bostra
locative Bostrae

References

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