colobium
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κολόβιον (kolóbion).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /koˈlo.bi.um/, [kɔˈɫ̪ɔbiʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /koˈlo.bi.um/, [koˈlɔːbium]
Noun
colobium n (genitive colobiī or colobī); second declension
- An undergarment with short sleeves
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | colobium | colobia |
| Genitive | colobiī colobī1 | colobiōrum |
| Dative | colobiō | colobiīs |
| Accusative | colobium | colobia |
| Ablative | colobiō | colobiīs |
| Vocative | colobium | colobia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “colobium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- colobium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- colobium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “colobium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “colobium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin