strebula
Latin
Alternative forms
- stribula
Etymology
Maybe from the same Proto-Indo-European root as Ancient Greek στρεβλός (streblós, “twisted, crooked”) and στρόβος (stróbos, “whirling round”)[1].
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈstre.bu.la/, [ˈstrɛ.bʊ.ɫa]
Noun
strebula n pl (genitive strebulōrum); second declension
- (plural only) The flesh about the haunches
Inflection
Second declension.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | strebula |
Genitive | strebulōrum |
Dative | strebulīs |
Accusative | strebula |
Ablative | strebulīs |
Vocative | strebula |
References
- strebula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- strebula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “strebula”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 601