Iarbas

Latin

Alternative forms

• Hiarbās

Etymology

From Ancient Greek [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯ar.baːs/, [ˈi̯ärbäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈjar.bas/, [ˈjärbäs]

Proper noun

Iarbās m sg (genitive Iarbae); first declension

1. A king of Numidia, captured in battle by Pompey the Great
2. (Roman mythology) A mythological character of the Aeneid, who fell in love with Dido

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Iarbās
genitive	Iarbae
dative	Iarbae
accusative	Iarbān
ablative	Iarbā
vocative	Iarbā

References

• Iarbas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Iarbas”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray