stlembus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *stḷb-[1]. Cognates include Norwegian Bokmål stelpa (“to impede”) and Lithuanian stlelbti (“to become stale”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈstlem.bus/, [ˈstɫɛm.bʊs]
Adjective
stlembus (feminine stlemba, neuter stlembum); first/second declension
- slow
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | stlembus | stlemba | stlembum | stlembī | stlembae | stlemba | |
| Genitive | stlembī | stlembae | stlembī | stlembōrum | stlembārum | stlembōrum | |
| Dative | stlembō | stlembō | stlembīs | ||||
| Accusative | stlembum | stlembam | stlembum | stlembōs | stlembās | stlemba | |
| Ablative | stlembō | stlembā | stlembō | stlembīs | |||
| Vocative | stlembe | stlemba | stlembum | stlembī | stlembae | stlemba | |
Synonyms
- lentus
- segnis
- tardus
References
- Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “stlembus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 596
- stlembus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- stlembus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette