carabus
See also: cărăbuș and Carabus
English
Etymology
From Latin carabus.
Noun
carabus (plural carabi)
- (historical) An ancient small boat made of wickerwork covered with a hide or leather.
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos).
Noun
cārabus m (genitive cārabī); second declension
- crab, crayfish
- kind of ship
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cārabus | cārabī |
| Genitive | cārabī | cārabōrum |
| Dative | cārabō | cārabīs |
| Accusative | cārabum | cārabōs |
| Ablative | cārabō | cārabīs |
| Vocative | cārabe | cārabī |
References
- “carabus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- carabus 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)
- “carabus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “carabus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin