tribulum
Latin
Etymology 1
From tr(i) (“to rub”) + -bulum (“instrumental suffix”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub”) + *-dʰlom (“instrumental suffix”). Do not confuse with trĭbulus (“caltrop”).
Alternative forms
- trībula
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtriː.bu.lum/, [ˈt̪riːbʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtri.bu.lum/, [ˈt̪riːbulum]
Noun
trībulum n (genitive trībulī); second declension
- threshing board, threshing sledge
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Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | trībulum | trībula |
| Genitive | trībulī | trībulōrum |
| Dative | trībulō | trībulīs |
| Accusative | trībulum | trībula |
| Ablative | trībulō | trībulīs |
| Vocative | trībulum | trībula |
Derived terms
- tribulō
Descendants
- Catalan: trill
- Portuguese: trilho, trilha
- Sicilian: trìvulu
- Spanish: trillo, trilla
- → Ancient Greek: τρίβολος (tríbolos), τρίβολα f (tríbola) (see there for further descendants)
Noun
tribulum
- accusative singular of tribulus
References
- “tribulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tribulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tribulum 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)
- tribulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “tribulum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 135