Ababa

See also: ababa

Latin

Alternative forms

• Hababa

Etymology

Of Scythian origin, most likely.

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ba.ba/, [ˈäbäbä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ba.ba/, [ˈäːbäbä]

Proper noun

Ababa f sg (genitive Ababae); first declension

1. a female given name: the Alan mother of the late Roman Emperor Maximinus Thrax (c. 173–238)
   • 6th C. CE, Jordanes, Romana 281:

     Maximīnus genere Gothicō, patre Miccā Ababāque Alānā genitus mātre, sōlā mīlitum voluntāte ad imperium concēdēns, bellum adversus Germānōs fēlīciter gessit indeque revertēns, contrā Chrīstiānōs movēns intestīnō proeliō, vix trēs annōs rēgnāns, Aquilēiā ā Puppiēnō occīsus est.

     Maximinus, of Gothic origin, born from the father Micca and the Alan mother Ababa, taking up the empire only by the will of the soldiers, waged war successfully against the Germans and, returning from that, leading an inner war against the Christians, only reigning three years, was killed at Aquileia by Pupienus.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ababa
Genitive	Ababae
Dative	Ababae
Accusative	Ababam
Ablative	Ababā
Vocative	Ababa

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ba.baː/, [ˈäbäbäː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ba.ba/, [ˈäːbäbä]

Proper noun

Ababā f

1. ablative of Ababa

References

• “Ababa” in volume I, column 41, line 50 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbaba/ [aˈβ̞a.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -aba
• Syllabification: A‧ba‧ba

Proper noun

Ababa f

1. a female given name