salebra
Latin
Etymology
From sal(iō) (“to jump”) + -bra, in the sense of "a jolting-place in the road".
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsa.le.bra/, [ˈs̠äɫ̪ɛbrä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsa.le.bra/, [ˈsäːlebrä]
Noun
salebra f (genitive salebrae); first declension
- rut, irregularity
- (of style or speech) roughness
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | salebra | salebrae |
| Genitive | salebrae | salebrārum |
| Dative | salebrae | salebrīs |
| Accusative | salebram | salebrās |
| Ablative | salebrā | salebrīs |
| Vocative | salebra | salebrae |
References
- “salebra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “salebra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- salebra 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)
- salebra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette