ventilabrum
Latin
Etymology
From ventil(ā) (“to winnow”) + -brum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯en.tiˈlaː.brum/, [u̯ɛn̪t̪ɪˈɫ̪äːbrʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ven.tiˈla.brum/, [ven̪t̪iˈläːbrum]
Noun
ventilābrum n (genitive ventilābrī); second declension
- winnowing fork or shovel
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ventilābrum | ventilābra |
| Genitive | ventilābrī | ventilābrōrum |
| Dative | ventilābrō | ventilābrīs |
| Accusative | ventilābrum | ventilābra |
| Ablative | ventilābrō | ventilābrīs |
| Vocative | ventilābrum | ventilābra |
References
- “ventilabrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ventilabrum 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)
- ventilabrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette