urbs

urb-s uital.-lat.

Uncertain.

• From Proto-Italic *worβis, from Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ- (“to enclose”) (compare Umbrian 𐌖𐌄𐌓𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌄 (uerfale, “area for taking auspices”), Hittite [script needed] (warpa-, “enclosure”), Tocharian A warpi (“garden”), Tocharian Bwerwiye (“garden”)).
• Derivation from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos (“city”) (from *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose”), whence e.g. Hittite [script needed] (gurtas, “citadel”) Sanskrit गृह (gṛhá, “house”), English yard) has been proposed, but suffers from irregularities; *horbus would be rather expected.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /urbs/, [ʊrps̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /urbs/, [urbs]

Noun

urbs f (genitive urbis); third declension

1. a city, walled town [ quotations ▼]

   Urbi ferro flammāque minatus est.

1. He threatened the city with fire and sword.

1. the City, Rome [ quotations ▼]

   Ab urbe condita.

1. From the founding of the City.

1. Urbi et orbi.

1. To the City and the world.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	urbs	urbēs urbīs
Genitive	urbis	urbium
Dative	urbī	urbibus
Accusative	urbem	urbīs urbēs
Ablative	urbe	urbibus
Vocative	urbs	urbēs