View source for Abdera

{{WoodhouseENELnames
|Text=[[File:woodhouse_999.jpg|thumb|link={{filepath:woodhouse_999.jpg}}]]Ἄβδηρα, τά.

<b class="b2">Man of Abdera</b>: [[Ἀβδηρίτης]], -ου, ὁ.
}}
{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Abdēra</b>: ōrum, n., and ae, f., =Ἄβὀηρα.<br /><b>I</b> [[Abdera]], a [[town]] on the [[southern]] [[coast]] of [[Thrace]], not [[far]] from the [[mouth]] of the [[Nestus]], [[noted]] for the [[stupidity]] of its inhabitants. It [[was]] the birthplace of the philosophers [[Protagoras]], [[Democritus]], and [[Anaxarchus]]; n., Liv. 45, 29, 6; Gell. 5, 3, 3; f., Ov. Ib. 469; Plin. 25, 8, 53, § 94 dub.; 4, 11, 18, § 42: hic [[Abdera]], non tacente me, here [[was]] [[Abdera]] itself, Cic. Att. 4, 17, 3 (4, 16, 6).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Folly, [[stupidity]], [[madness]], Cic. l. l. (cf.: id est Ἀβὀηριτικόν, i. e. [[stupid]], id. Att. 7, 7, 4, and Arn. 5, p. 164; Juv. 10, 50; Mart. 10, 25, 4).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Hence, derivv.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Abdērīta and Abdērītes, ae, m., =Ἀβὀηριτς, an Abderite: [[Democritus]] Abderites, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17: Abderites [[Protagoras]], Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 63; cf. id. Brut. 8: de Protagora Abderita, id. de Or. 3, 32, 128: Abderitae legati, Liv. 43, 4, 8; cf. id. § 12 sq.; Vitr. 7, 5, 6; Just. 15, 2 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ab-dērītānus, a, um, adj., of [[Abdera]], meton. for [[stupid]], [[foolish]]: Abderitanae pectora [[plebis]] habes, Mart. 10, 25, 4.—<br /><b>II</b> A [[city]] of Hispania Baetlca, on the [[southern]] [[coast]], [[now]] Adra, Mel. 2, 6, 7; Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 8.
}}
{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Abdēra</b>,¹⁶ æ, f., Cic. Att. 4, 17, 3 ; Plin. 6, 217, et <b>Abdēra</b>, ōrum, n., Liv. 45, 29, 6, Abdère, ville de Thrace.
}}