rallum
Latin
Etymology
From rād(ō) (“I scrape”) + -bulum, from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁d- + *-dʰlom. Confer with rāstrum and rādula.
Noun
rallum n (genitive rallī); second declension
- scraper (agricultural)
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | rallum | ralla |
| Genitive | rallī | rallōrum |
| Dative | rallō | rallīs |
| Accusative | rallum | ralla |
| Ablative | rallō | rallīs |
| Vocative | rallum | ralla |
Descendants
- Italian: ralla
- Portuguese: ralo
- Spanish: rallo
References
- rallum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- rallum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- rallum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers