FromLatin urbs
urbs (plural urbes
Awalled city inAncient Rome . urbs (a city) Uncertain.
FromProto-Italic *worβis Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ- ( “ to enclose ” ) (compareUmbrian 𐌖𐌄𐌓𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌄 ( uerfale ,“ area for taking auspices ” ) ,Hittite [script needed] ( warpa- ,“ enclosure ” ) ,Tocharian A warpi ( “ garden ” ) ,Tocharian B werwiye ( “ garden ” ) ).[ 1] Derivation fromProto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos ( “ city ” ) (from*gʰerdʰ- ( “ to enclose ” ) , whence e.g.Hittite [script needed] ( gurtas ,“ citadel ” ) Sanskrit गृह ( gṛhá ,“ house ” ) ,English yard [ 2] horbus would be rather expected. urbs f genitive urbis third declension
acity ,walled town Urbī ferrō flammāque minātus est.He threatened thecity with fire and sword. 106BCE BCE ,
Cicero ,
In Catilinam :
O di immortales, ubinam gentium sumus? Quam rem publicam habemus? In quaurbe vivimus? O immortal gods, where on earth are we? What government do we have? In whatcity do we live? the City,Rome c. BCE ,
Julius Caesar ,
Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.7 :
Caesari cum id nuntiatum esset, eos per provinciam nostram iter facere conari, maturat aburbe proficisci et quam maximis potest itineribus in Galliam ulteriorem contendit et ad Genavam pervenit. When it was reported to Caesar that they were attempting to march through our province he hastened to set out fromthe City , and, by as great marches as he could, proceeded to Further Gaul, and arrived at Geneva. Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Nominative/accusative/vocative pluralurbīs
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008 ),Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill,→ISBN ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959 ),Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch Indo-European Etymological Dictionary page444 “urbs Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 ),A Latin Dictionary “urbs Charlton T. Lewis (1891 ),An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers “urbs ”, inGaffiot, Félix (1934 ),Dictionnaire illustré latin-français , Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894 ),Latin Phrase-Book [1] Macmillan and Co. the heart of the city:sinus urbis to set fire to a city:inflammare urbem the city is very beautifully situated:urbs situ ad aspectum praeclara est the city is situate on a bay:urbs in sinu sita est to be far from town:longe, procul abesse ab urbe to enter a city:ingredi, intrare urbem, introire in urbem arrival in Rome, in town:adventus Romam, in urbem to draw near to a city:appropinquare urbi ad urbem to advance nearer to the city:propius accedere ad urbem urbem in the fifth year from the founding of the city:anno ab urbe condita quinto native place:urbs patria patria the plague breaks out in the city:pestilentia pestis in urbem (populum) invadit a report is spreading imperceptibly:fama serpit (per urbem) after having duly taken the auspices:auspicato (rem gerere, urbem condere) to banish a person, send him into exile:ex urbe (civitate) expellere, pellere aliquem to expel a person from the city, country:exterminare (ex) urbe, de civitate aliquem to garrison a town:praesidiis firmare urbem to garrison a town:praesidium collocare in urbe to raise a siege (used of the army of relief):urbis obsidionem liberare 
