Ababa

• Hababa

Of Scythian origin, most likely.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ba.ba/, [ˈäbäbä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ba.ba/, [ˈäːbäbä]

Ababa f sg (genitive Ababae); first declension

1. a female given name: the Alan mother of the late Roman Emperor Maximinus Thrax (c. 173–238)
   • 6th C. CE, Jordanes, Romana 281:

     Maximīnus genere Gothicō, patre Miccā Ababāque Alānā genitus mātre, sōlā mīlitum voluntāte ad imperium concēdēns, bellum adversus Germānōs fēlīciter gessit indeque revertēns, contrā Chrīstiānōs movēns intestīnō proeliō, vix trēs annōs rēgnāns, Aquilēiā ā Puppiēnō occīsus est.

     Maximinus, of Gothic origin, born from the father Micca and the Alan mother Ababa, taking up the empire only by the will of the soldiers, waged war successfully against the Germans and, returning from that, leading an inner war against the Christians, only reigning three years, was killed at Aquileia by Pupienus.

First-declension noun, singular only.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ba.baː/, [ˈäbäbäː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ba.ba/, [ˈäːbäbä]

Ababā f

1. ablative of Ababa

• “Ababa” in volume I, column 41, line 50 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present

• IPA^(key): /aˈbaba/ [aˈβ̞a.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -aba
• Syllabification: A‧ba‧ba

Ababa f

1. a female given name