Meaning of urbs | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a city, walled town
   declension-3, feminine
2. the City, Rome
   declension-3, feminine
3. Equivalent to 'city': A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place.

Equivalents

Examples

“Urbī ferrō flammāque minātus est.”

He threatened the city with fire and sword.

“Ō dī immortālēs, ubinam gentium sumus? Quam rem pūblicam habēmus? In quā urbe vīvimus?”

O immortal gods, where on earth are we? What government do we have? In what city do we live?

“Ab urbe conditā.”

From the founding of the City.

“Urbī et orbī.”

To the City and the world.

“Caesarī cum id nūntiātum esset, eōs per prōvinciam nostram iter facere cōnārī, mātūrat ab urbe proficīscī et quam maximīs potest itineribus in Galliam ulteriōrem contendit et ad Genāvam pervēnit.”

When it was reported to Caesar that they were attempting to march through our province he hastened to set out from the City, and, by as great marches as he could, proceeded to Further Gaul, and arrived at Geneva.

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