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ab urbe condita

ab urbe condita is the alternative form of AUC.

Meaning of AUC

Adverb

AUC (not comparable)

  1. (historical) According to the Roman era, which reckons the number of years passed from the foundation of the city of Rome by Romulus, now usually taken as 753 bc.
    • The Senate (A.U.C. 514) decreed that the eldest son alone should bear his father's praenomen.1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xv

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Adverb capitalized: ab Urbe condita

ab Urbe condita (not comparable)

  1. (alternative, historical, rare) Alternative form of AUC: from the foundation of Rome, now usually reckoned as 753 bc.

Origin of ab urbe condita

Borrowed from Latin ab Urbe conditā (“in the year from the city having been founded”), in reference to Rome.

Borrowed from Latin ab Urbe conditā (“[in the year] from the city [of Rome] having been founded”).

Questions about ab urbe condita

What is ab urbe condita the alternative form of?
Ab urbe condita is the alternative form of AUC.
What part of speech is ab urbe condita?
Ab urbe condita is an adverb.

Words near ab urbe condita in the dictionary

  1. ab ovo
  2. ab roller
  3. ab roller wheel
  4. ab roller wheels
  5. ab rollers
  6. ab urbe condita
  7. ab utili
  8. ab wheel
  9. ab wheels
  10. ab-
  11. ab-dabs

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