Nabataeus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Nabataei Nabateus Nabathaeus === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ναβαταῖος (Nabataîos), which was borrowed from Nabataean Aramaic 𐢕𐢃𐢋𐢈 (nbṭw). Possibly cognate with Arabic النبطي (an-Nabaṭī, “Nabataean, Nabaṭ”), Arabic أَنْبَاط (ʔanbāṭ), and Hebrew נבטים (nabaṭim, “Nabataeans”), and Hebrew נבטית (nabaṭit, “Nabataean (adj.)”), all of which might be ultimately derived from the same Semitic root, perhaps Proto-Semitic *nabat-, possibly cognate with Akkadian nabāṭu ("to shine brightly"). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [na.baˈtae̯.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [na.baˈtɛː.us] === Proper noun === Nabataeus m sg (genitive Nabataeī); second declension (demonym) Nabataean, one of the Nabataeans, ancient inhabitants of Nabataea, a region of Arabia that covers parts of northern Arabia and the Southern Levant, lying between Arabia and Syria, and stretching from the Euphrates river to the Red Sea. During the Hellenistic Period, the Nabataeans were involved in a nexus of trade routes reaching as far as Italy to the west and India to the east, which centered at their city of Petra in what is now Western Jordan near the Negev Desert from before 310 BCE until the Roman conquest in 106 CE. (historical) Any of a group of people who once lived around modern Jordan. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. === Adjective === Nabataeus (feminine Nabataea, neuter Nabataeum); first/second-declension adjective Relating to the Nabataean people, their kings, art, architecture, religion, language, or script. Eastern, Arabian, oriental (as a general term in Medieval Latin). ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Related terms ==== Nabataei Nabataea === References === R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “Nabataeus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC “Nabataeus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Nabataeus, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011 Search the corpus for this lemma: Nabataeus in PhiloLogic4 concordance (in Latin). ARTFL Project, University of Chicago, viewed December 7, 2025. (nabaṭim) נבטים on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he Nabataea (region) on Pleiades. === Further reading === Arabia Petraea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia List of Nabataean kings on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Nabataeans on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Nabataean Aramaic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Nabataean architecture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Nabataean art on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Nabataean religion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Nabataean script on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Petra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia