Arabia Felix

Latin

Alternative forms

• Arabia fēlīx
• Arabia Foelīx (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

Calque of Ancient Greek Ἀραβία Εὐδαίμων (Arabía Eudaímōn, literally “the well-off Arabia”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈra.bi.a ˈfeː.liːks/, [äˈräbiä ˈfeːlʲiːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈra.bi.a ˈfe.liks/, [äˈräːbiä ˈfɛːliks]

Proper noun

Arabia Fēlīx f sg (genitive Arabiae Fēlīcis); first declension

1. The Arabian Peninsula, especially South Arabia
2. (post-Classical) Yemen (region)

Declension

First-declension noun with a third-declension adjective, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Arabia Fēlīx
genitive	Arabiae Fēlīcis
dative	Arabiae Fēlīcī
accusative	Arabiam Fēlīcem
ablative	Arabiā Fēlīcī
vocative	Arabia Fēlīx

Coordinate terms

• Arabia Dēserta
• Arabia Petraea

See also

• German: glückliches Arabien, Glückliches Arabien

References

• “Arabia Felix”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Retsö, Jan (2000) “Where and what was Arabia Felix?”, in Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, volume 30, →JSTOR, pages 189–92