latibulum
English
Etymology
From Latin latibulum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ləˈtɪbjʊləm/
Audio (RP) (file)
Noun
latibulum (plural latibula)
- A concealed hiding place; a burrow, lair, or hole.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for latibulum in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Latin
Etymology
From late(ō) + -bulum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /laˈti.bu.lum/, [ɫ̪äˈt̪ɪbʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /laˈti.bu.lum/, [läˈt̪iːbulum]
Noun
latibulum n (genitive latibulī); second declension
- hiding place, refuge
- den (of animals)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | latibulum | latibula |
Genitive | latibulī | latibulōrum |
Dative | latibulō | latibulīs |
Accusative | latibulum | latibula |
Ablative | latibulō | latibulīs |
Vocative | latibulum | latibula |
Related terms
- lateō
Descendants
- → English: latibulum
- → Romanian: latibul (learned)
References
- “latibulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “latibulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- latibulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette