cribrum
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *kreiðrom, from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to sieve”) + *-dʰrom (“instrumental suffix”), whence cernō (“to sift, separate”) + -brum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkriː.brum/, [ˈkriː.brũ]
Noun
crībrum n (genitive crībrī); second declension
- sieve
- riddle
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | crībrum | crībra |
| Genitive | crībrī | crībrōrum |
| Dative | crībrō | crībrīs |
| Accusative | crībrum | crībra |
| Ablative | crībrō | crībrīs |
| Vocative | crībrum | crībra |
Derived terms
- crībellō
- crībellum
- crībrō
Related terms
- cernō
Descendants
- Arabic: غربال (ḡirbāl)
- Aromanian: tsir
- French: crible
- Italian: cribro, crivo
- Portuguese: crivo
- Romanian: ciur
- Spanish: cribo
References
- cribrum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cribrum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cribrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- cribrum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers