abaritanus

== Latin == === Etymology === Uncertain. Older dictionaries assumed a derivation from Abaris, but this name is now thought to be indeclinable, suggesting instead *Abar +‎ -itānus. Perhaps from the Semitic root ʿ-b-r indicating “passage, crossing beyond”; see Arabic ع ب ر (ʕ b r), Hebrew ע־ב־ר. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.ba.rɪˈtaː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.ba.riˈtaː.nus] === Adjective === abaritānus (feminine abaritāna, neuter abaritānum); first/second-declension adjective Pertaining to a certain diocese in Africa. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “abaritanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “abaritanus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Vattioni, Francesco (1996), “Abaritanus”, in Antiquités africaines (in Italian), number 32, pages 9–12