subula
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *syuh₁-dʰleh₂, which consists of the root *syuh₁- (“sew”) and the suffix *-dʰlom (“tool suffix”). This becomes the Latin derivation suō (“to sew”) + -bula.Cognate to Russian шило (šilo, “awl”) and Czech šídlo (“awl”), and to Proto-Germanic *siwjaną (“to sew”).
Noun
sūbula f (genitive sūbulae); first declension
- shoemaker's awl
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sūbula | sūbulae |
| Genitive | sūbulae | sūbulārum |
| Dative | sūbulae | sūbulīs |
| Accusative | sūbulam | sūbulās |
| Ablative | sūbulā | sūbulīs |
| Vocative | sūbula | sūbulae |
Related terms
- insūbulum
- sūbulātus
Descendants
- Aromanian: sulã
- Catalan (Algherese): sula
- Galician: subela (via diminutive *sūbella)
- Italian: subbia (“chisel”)
- Portuguese: sovela
- Romanian: sulă
- Spanish: subilla (via diminutive *sūbella)
- Venetian: sùbia
- → Greek: σούβλα f (soúvla, “spit”)
References
- “subula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- subula 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)
- subula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette