patibulum
English
Etymology
Latin patibulum (“crossbeam”).
Noun
patibulum (plural patibulums)
- The crossbar of a cross used for crucifixion
Latin
Etymology
From pate(ō) (“I open, I fork”) + -bulum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /paˈti.bu.lum/, [päˈt̪ɪbʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /paˈti.bu.lum/, [päˈt̪iːbulum]
Noun
patibulum n (genitive patibulī); second declension
- fork-shaped yoke or gibbet (for criminals)
- 6th century, Venantius Fortunatus, Vexilla regis, first stanza:
- Vexilla regis prodeunt
Fulget crucis mysterium
Quo carne carnis conditor,
Suspensus est patibulo.- The Banners of the King issue forth,
the mystery of the Cross does gleam,
where the Creator of flesh, in the flesh,
from the cross-bar is hung.
- The Banners of the King issue forth,
- 6th century, Venantius Fortunatus, Vexilla regis, first stanza:
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | patibulum | patibula |
Genitive | patibulī | patibulōrum |
Dative | patibulō | patibulīs |
Accusative | patibulum | patibula |
Ablative | patibulō | patibulīs |
Vocative | patibulum | patibula |
Descendants
- → English: patibulum
- → Italian: patibolo
- → Spanish: patíbulo
References
- “patibulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “patibulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- patibulum 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)
- patibulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “patibulum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “patibulum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin