digitabulum
Latin
Etymology
From digitus (“finger, toe”) + -bulum. Confer with the Ancient Greek δακτυλήθρα (daktulḗthra).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /di.ɡiˈtaː.bu.lum/, [d̪ɪɡɪˈt̪äːbʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /di.d͡ʒiˈta.bu.lum/, [d̪id͡ʒiˈt̪äːbulum]
Noun
digitābulum n (genitive digitābulī); second declension
- a glove worn in gathering olives
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | digitābulum | digitābula |
| Genitive | digitābulī | digitābulōrum |
| Dative | digitābulō | digitābulīs |
| Accusative | digitābulum | digitābula |
| Ablative | digitābulō | digitābulīs |
| Vocative | digitābulum | digitābula |
Related terms
- digitālis
- digitātus
- digitulus
- digitus
References
- “digitabulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- digitabulum 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)
- digitabulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette