Herbita

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἕρβιτα (Hérbita).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈher.bi.ta/, [ˈhɛrbɪt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈer.bi.ta/, [ˈɛrbit̪ä]

Proper noun

Herbita f sg (genitive Herbitae); first declension

1. A city in interior Sicily, situated on the southern slope of the Heraean mountains

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Herbita
Genitive	Herbitae
Dative	Herbitae
Accusative	Herbitam
Ablative	Herbitā
Vocative	Herbita
Locative	Herbitae

Derived terms

• Herbitēnsēs
• Herbitēnsis

References

• “Herbita”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Herbita”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Herbita in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.