urbs

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

urbs: urbis (dat. VRBEI, Corp. Inscr. Lat. 206), f. Sanscr. vardh-, to make strong; cf. Pers. vard-ana, city,
I a walled town, a city.
I Lit.
   1    In gen.: hi coetus sedem primum certo loco domiciliorum causā constituerunt: quam cum locis manuque sepsissent, ejusmodi conjunctionem tectorum oppidum vel urbem appellaverunt, delubris distinctam spatiisque communibus, Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 41; cf.: post ea qui fiebat orbis, urbis principium, Varr. L. L. 5, § 143 Müll.: urbs dicitur ab orbe, quod antiquae civitates in orbem flebant, id. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 12: interea Aeneas urbem designat aratro, Verg. A. 5, 755 Serv.: veni Syracusas, quod ab eā urbe ... quae tamen urbs, etc., Cic. Phil. 1, 3, 7: certabant urbem Romam Remoramne vocarent, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 85 Vahl.): arce et urbe sum orba, id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 114 ib.): urbes magnae et imperiosae, id. Rep. 1, 2, 3: urbs illa praeclara (Syracusae), id. ib. 3, 31, 43: duabus urbibus eversis inimicissimis huic imperio, id. Lael. 3, 11.— Rarely, and mostly poet., with the name of the city in gen.: urbs Patavi, Buthroti, Verg. A. 1, 247; 3, 293: Cassius in oppido Antiochiae cum omni exercitu, Cic. Att. 5, 18, 1.—With adj. prop.: urbs Romana = Roma, Liv. 9, 41, 16; 22, 37, 12; 40, 36, 14; Flor. 1, 13, 21.—Of other cities (rare and post-class.): Lampsacenae urbis salus, Val. Max. 7, 3, ext. 4: in urbe Aquilejensi, Paul. v. S. Ambros. 32: urbs urbium, a metropolis, Flor. 2, 6, 35.—
   2    In partic., the city of Rome (like ἄστυ, of Athens): postquam Urbis appellationem, etiamsi nomen proprium non adiceretur, Romam tamen accipi sit receptum, Quint. 6, 3, 103; cf. id. 8, 2, 8; 8, 5, 9: hujus urbis condendae principium profectum a Romulo, Cic. Rep. 2, 2, 4; cf. id. ib. 1, 47, 71; 1, 1, 1; 1, 37, 58: (Caesar) maturat ab urbe proficisci, Caes. B. G. 1, 7: de urbe augendā quid sit promulgatum, non intellexi, Cic. Att. 13, 20, 1: conditor urbis (Romulus), Ov. F. 1, 27: (pater) Dextera sacras jaculatus arces Terruit urbem, Hor. C. 1, 2, 4: minatus urbi vincla, id. Epod. 9, 9; called also urbs aeterna, Amm. 14, 6, 1.— Ad urbem esse, to stop at or near Rome; in publicists' lang., of returning generals, who had to remain outside of the city till the Senate decreed them the right of entrance; or of provincial magistrates who were preparing for departure to their provinces, Cic. Verr. 1, 15, 45 Ascon.; 2, 2, 6, § 17; Sall. C. 30, 4; Caes. B. C. 6, 1.—
   B Transf., as in Engl.
   1    The city, for the citizens (rare; cf. civitas): invadunt urbem somno vinoque sepultam, Verg. A. 2, 265: maesta attonitaque, Juv. 11, 198: bene moratae, Auct. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 24.—
   2    The capital city, metropolis (post-class.): si tam vicinum urbi municipium sit, ut, etc., Dig. 39, 2, 4 fin.; Cod. Th. 14, 1, 3.—*
II Trop.: urbem philosophiae, mihi crede, proditis, dum castella defenditis, i. e. the main point, Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) urbs,⁴ urbis, f.,
1 ville [avec une enceinte] : Cic. Rep. 1, 41 ; Varro L. 5, 143 ; Serv. En. 1, 12 ; interea Æneas urbem designat aratro Virg. En. 5, 755, cependant Énée trace avec la charrue l’enceinte de la ville ; Capuæ, in qua urbe... Cic. Sen. 17, à Capoue, ville où... ; urbem pulcherrimam atque ornatissimam, Corinthum sustulit Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 55, il détruisit la ville si belle et si ornée de Corinthe ; urbs Romana Liv. 9, 41, 16 ; 22, 37, 12, la ville de Rome || [avec gén., poét.] : urbs Patavi, Buthroti Virg. En. 1, 247 ; 3, 293, la ville de Patavium, de Buthrote
2 la ville, Rome, cf. Quint. 6, 3, 103 ; 8, 2, 8 ; ab urbe proficisci Cæs. G. 1, 7, partir de Rome, cf. Cic. Fam. 2, 12, 2, etc. ; ad urbem esse Sall. C. 30, 4, être aux portes de la ville [en parl. de généraux qui ne pouvaient entrer dans la ville revêtus de l’impérium, avant une délibération du sénat] ; ad urbem cum imperio rei publicæ causa remanere Cæs. G. 6, 1, 2, rester aux portes de Rome avec ses pouvoirs en vue de servir l’état [en parlant d’un promagistrat qui perdait ses pouvoirs en entrant à Rome]
3 urbs = les habitants de la ville : Virg. En. 2, 265 ; Juv. 11, 198. dat. arch. urbei CIL 1, 593, 64.

Latin > German (Georges)

urbs, urbis, f., die mit einer Ringmauer umgebene Stadt, I) eig.: A) im allg.: urbs atque agri, Enn. fr.: Capua, urbs amplissima atque ornatissima, Cic.: urbs Roma, Vell. u. Eutr.: urbs Romana od. Romana urbs, Rom, Vell. u. Flor.: urbs Attica, Athen, Vell.: urbs urbium, die Hauptstadt, Flor. – poet. mit dem Namen der Stadt im Genet. dabei, urbs Patavi, urbs Buthroti, Verg. Aen. 1, 247 u. 3, 293. – urbem aedificare, Cic.: urbem condere, constituere, Cic.: urbem augere, Cic., amplificare, Liv.: urbem capere, Cic.: urbem evertere, excīdere, Cic.: ille cives suos agro atque urbibus augeri maluit, quam etc., Nep. – im Bilde, urbem philosophiae proditis, dum castella defenditis, ihr gebt die Stadt (die Hauptpunkte) der Philosophie preis, während ihr die Kastelle od. Außenwerke (die Nebenpunkte) verteidigt, Cic. de div. 2, 37. – B) prägn., 1) die Stadt Rom (wie ἄστυ v. Athen), als Hauptstadt und Mittelpunkt des röm. Reiches, Cic., Caes. u.a.: ad urbem, bei Rom, Cic., od. nach Rom, Cic.: bes. ad urbem esse, bei od. vor Rom verweilen (teils von siegreich heimkehrenden Feldherren, ehe ihnen der Senat den Einzug in die Stadt gestattet hatte, teils von Provinzialbehörden, die sich zur Abreise in ihre Provinzen anschickten), Sall. Cat. 30, 4; vgl. Cic. I. Verr. 45 u. II. Verr. 2, 17; u. so ad urbem cum imperio rei publicae causā remanere, Caes. b.G. 6, 1, 2. – 2) die Hauptstadt, Ggstz. municipium, ICt. – 3) = ἀκρόπολις, die Oberstadt, Curt. 3, 1, 8. – II) meton., die Stadt = die Stadtbewohner, urbs somno vinoque sepulta, Verg.: urbs maesta, Iuven.: bene moratae urbes, Auct. bei Quint. – / Archaist. Dat. Sing. urbei, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 206. lin. 64.

Latin > Chinese

urbs, urbis. f. :: 城。京城。城中諸人

Translations

Abkhaz: ақалақь; Afrikaans: stad; Akkadian: 𒌷; Albanian: qytet; Ambonese Malay: kota; Amharic: ከተማ; Arabic: مَدِينَة‎, بَلَد‎; Egyptian Arabic: بَلَد‎; Gulf Arabic: مَدينَة‎; Moroccan Arabic: مدِينَة‎; Aragonese: ziudá; Aramaic Hebrew: מְדִינְתָּא‎, כַּרְכָּא‎; Syriac: ܡܕܼܝܼܢܬܿܵܐ‎, ܟܿܲܪܟܿܵܐ‎; Argobba: ኸተም; Armenian: քաղաք; Aromanian: cãsãbã; Assamese: নগৰ, চহৰ; Asturian: ciudá; Avar: шагьар; Azerbaijani: şəhər; Bashkir: ҡала; Basque: hiri; Belarusian: горад, места; Bengali: শহর, নগর; Breton: keoded, keodedoù, kêr, kêrioù; Bulgarian: град; Burmese: မြို့; Buryat: хото; Catalan: ciutat; Cebuano: dakbayan, siyudad; Chamicuro: chi'nashtalichi; Chechen: гӏала; Chichewa: mzinda; Chinese Cantonese: 城市; Dungan: чыншы, чын, шы, чынпу; Hakka: 城市; Mandarin: 城市, 都市, 城, 市; Min Dong: 城市; Min Nan: 城市, 都市; Wu: 城市; Chuvash: хула; Coptic: ⲃⲁⲕⲓ; Cornish: cita; Corsican: cità; Crimean Tatar: şeer; Czech: město, velkoměsto; Dalmatian: cituot; Danish: by; Dhivehi: ޝަހަރު‎; Dongxiang: baza; Dutch: stad; East Central German: Stoadt; Eastern Mari: ола; Erzya: ош; Esperanto: urbo, civito; Estonian: linn; Extremaduran: ciá; Faroese: býur; Finnish: kaupunki; French: ville, cité, grande-ville; Old French: cité; Friulian: citât; Galician: cidade; Gallurese: cittai, zittai; Ge'ez: ሀገር; Georgian: დიდი ქალაქი; German: Stadt, Großstadt; Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐍃; Greek: πόλη; Ancient Greek: πόλις, ἄστυ; Guaraní: táva; Gujarati: શહેર, નગર; Haitian Creole: vil; Hausa: birni; Hawaiian: kūlanakauhale; Hebrew: עִיר‎; Hiligaynon: dakbanwa; Hindi: शहर, नगर; Hungarian: város; Hunsrik: xtat; Icelandic: borg; Ido: urbo, civito; Indonesian: kota; Interlingua: citate; Irish: cathair, baile mór; Istriot: sità; Italian: città; Japanese: 都市, 都会, 町; Javanese: kutha; Kabardian: къалэ; Kalmyk: балһсн; Kannada: ನಗರ; Kapampangan: lakanbalen; Karachay-Balkar: шахар; Karelian: linna; Kashubian: miasto; Kazakh: қала, шаһар; Khakas: саар, город; Khmer: ទីក្រុង, បុរី, នគរ; Komi-Permyak: кар; Komi-Zyrian: кар; Konkani: xar; Korean: 도시(都市), 시내(市內); Kumyk: шагьар; Kurdish Central Kurdish: شار‎; Northern Kurdish: bajar, şar; Kusunda: səhər; Kyrgyz: шаар, калаа; Ladin: zità; Lao: ຊຽງ, ທານີ, ເມືອງ, ນະຄອນ; Latin: urbs, civitas; Latvian: pilsēta; Leonese: ciudá; Lithuanian: miestas; Luxembourgish: Stad; Lü: ᦵᦙᦲᧂ, ᨾᩮᩥ᩠ᨦ, ᦵᦞᦇ, ᦵᦋᧂ; Macedonian: град; Malagasy: monina, tanambe; Malay: bandar raya, kota, bandar; Malayalam: നഗരം; Maltese: belt; Manchu: ᡥᠣᡨᠣᠨ, ᡥᡝᠴᡝᠨ; Manx: ard-valley, caayr; Maori: tāone, tāone nui; Marathi: शहर, नगर; Maricopa: vakpaly; Mehri: رحبيت‎; Middle English: cite; Moksha: ош; Mongolian Cyrillic: хот; Nahuatl: altepetl; Navajo: kin nitsaago dah naazhjaaʼígíí, kin haalʼá; Nepali: सहर; North Frisian: steed; Northern Norwegian: by; Nubian Nobiin: diffi; Old Nubian: ⲇⲡ̅ⲡ; Occitan: ciutat; Ojibwe: gichi-oodena; Old Church Slavonic Cyrillic: градъ, мѣсто; Old East Slavic: градъ, мѣсто, городъ; Old English: burg; Old Portuguese: cidade; Oriya: ନଗର, ମହାନଗର; Oromo: magaalaa; Ossetian: сахар, горӕт; Paelignian: banudara; Pali: nagara; Pashto: ښار‎; Pennsylvania German: Schtadt, Schtedt; Persian: شهر‎; Phoenician: 𐤀𐤄𐤋‎; Pela: mjuʔ⁵⁵; Piedmontese: sità; Plautdietsch: Grootstaut, Staut; Polish: miasto; Portuguese: cidade, urbe; Punjabi: ਸ਼ਹਿਰ; Quechua: llaqta; Romanian: oraș, cetate, urbe; Romansch: citad; Russian: город, град; Rusyn: мі́сто; Sanskrit: नगर; Sassarese: ziddai; Saterland Frisian: Stääd; Scots: ceity, ceety; Scottish Gaelic: baile mòr, dùn; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: гра̑д; Roman: grȃd; Shor: тура; Sichuan Yi: ꇓꈓ; Sicilian: cità, citati; Silesian: mjasto; Sinhalese: නගරය; Skolt Sami: gåårad, lâ´nn; Slovak: mesto; Slovene: mésto; Somali: magaalo; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: město; Upper Sorbian: město; Southern Altai: кала; Spanish: ciudad, urbe; Sumerian: 𒌷; Swahili: mji; Swedish: stad; Sylheti: ꠘꠉꠞ; Tagalog: lungsod, syudad; Tajik: шаҳр; Tamil: நகரம்; Taos: plòso'óna; Tarifit: ṯendint; Tatar: шәһәр, кала; Tausug: daira; Telugu: నగరం; Tetum: sidade; Thai: เมือง, นคร, กรุง, เชียง; Tibetan: གྲོང་ཁྱེར, རྒྱལ་ས; Tigrinya: ከተማ; Tocharian B: rīye; Turkish: kent, şehir, oram; Turkmen: şäher; Tuvan: хоорай; Udmurt: кар; Ugaritic: 𐎓𐎗; Ukrainian: мі́сто, град; Urdu: شہر‎, نگر‎; Uyghur: شەھەر‎; Uzbek: shahar; Venetian: sità, çità; Vietnamese: thành phố, thành, phố, đô thị; Volapük: zif; Võro: liin; Walloon: veye; Welsh: caer, dinas; West Frisian: stêd; Western Panjabi: شہر‎, نگر‎; Wolof: dëkk; Xhosa: idolophu; Yagnobi: шаҳр; Yakut: куорат; Yiddish: שטאָט‎; Yoruba: ìlú; Yup'ik: nunarpak; Zazaki: bajar, suk; Zhuang: si, hawsingz, singz; Zulu: ithawini