Abderita

Derived from Ancient Greek Ἀβδηρίτης (Abdērítēs), potentially via analogy though a case form of Abderites.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ab.deːˈriː.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ab.deˈriː.ta]

Abdērīta m sg or f sg (genitive Abdērītae); first declension

1. A demonym for a person from Abdera, particularly:
   1. Democritus
   2. Protagoras
      • 55 BCE, Cicero, De Oratore 3.32.128:

        Quid de Prodico Cio, de Thrasymacho Calchedonio, de Protagora Abderita loquar?

        What should I say about Prodicus of Ceos, about Thrasymachus the Chalcedonian, about Protagoras the Abderite?

First-declension noun.

• Abderites

• “Abdera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press