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单词 ab urbe condita
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ab urbe conditaadv.

Brit. /ab ˌəːbiː ˈkɒndɪtə/, /ab ˌʊəbeɪ ˈkɒndɪtə/, U.S. /ˌæb ˌərbi ˈkɑndɪdə/, /ˌæb ˌərbeɪ ˈkɑndɪdə/
Forms: 1600s– ab urbe condita, 1800s– ad urbe condita (irregular).
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ab urbe conditā.
Etymology: < classical Latin ab urbe conditā from the founding of the city < ab (see ab- prefix) + urbe , ablative of urbs (see urban adj.) + conditā , ablative feminine singular past participle of condere to found, establish (see condite adj.2).
After or from the date of the foundation of Rome, traditionally reckoned as 753 b.c. Also in extended use, with reference to other cities. Cf. A.U.C. adv. at A n. Initialisms.
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1602 W. Segar Honor Mil. & Civill iv. iv. 214 So appeareth it that the title of Emperor began in Rome, Anno mundi 3914. or as others say 3963 ab vrbe condita 706.
1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness iii. xv. 90 Barbarous Sacrifices were very frequent according to Pliny's own Testimony, and were not abrogated at Rome till about six or seven hundred years ab urbe condita.
1700 P. Danet Compl. Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. at Consuls Eutropius reckons this year to be the 627 ab urbe condita.
1773 J. Murray New Serm. to Asses iv. 94 By the Licinian law, made in the two hundred and seventy-seventh year ab urbe condita, no person was allowed to possess above five hundred acres of land.
1845 Cincinnati Misc. Oct. 11/2 It would seem that..that brick were [sic] made here [sc. Cincinnati] in less than two years, ab urbe condita.
1899 Biblical World 13 19 The rebuilding of the temple began in the eighteenth year of Herod, i.e., between Nisan 734 and 735 ab urbe condita.
1979 C. James Flying Visits 76 About the time the city of Rome was being founded—the year zero ab urbe condita.
2004 Daily Mail (Nexis) 5 Oct. 59 Year one in the Roman calendar was the first year ab urbe condita, which was 753BC.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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