"Urbs" means 'city.'
A city in a garden is the English equivalent of Chicago's motto 'urbs in horto'. In the word by word translation, the noun 'urbs' means 'city'. The preposition 'in' means 'in'. The noun 'horto' means 'garden'.
In Latin, the English word "City" would be "Urbs," which could possibly be where we get our modern day English word "Urban" from. The Latin word for the English word "Jewel" would probably be "Gemma," from which we get the English word "Gem." So it might be something like "Urbs de Gemmae." I'm not 100% positive on this, but it's a start! ~Boogie~
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urbem is Latin for city, the root of the word is the noun urbs, city (ergo: the English word urban)
in the sub-urbs
Edward Boteler has written: 'Urbs deplorata. A sermon preached in course in the cathedral church of St. Mary Lincoln' -- subject(s): English Sermons, Sermons, English
The English meaning of the Latin phrase 'urbs in horto' is city in a garden. In the word-by-word translation, the noun 'urbs' means 'city'. The preposition 'in' means 'in'. The noun 'horto' means 'garden'. Moving things around and changing them a bit brings forth the phrase 'hortus in urbe'. This Latin phrase means 'garden in a city'. In the word-by-word translation, the noun 'hortus' means 'garden'. The preposition 'in' means 'in'. The noun 'urbe' means 'city'.
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eternal city
urbs (gen. urbis)