carbasus
Latin
Alternative forms
- Heteroclite neuter plural: carbasa
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κάρπασος (kárpasos, “cotton”), from Biblical Hebrew כַּרְפַּס (karpás, “fabric of cotton”), from Sanskrit कर्पास (karpāsa, “cotton”), though Mediterranean and Anatolic sources have also been suggested. The same Sanskrit word has resulted in gossypium (“cotton”).
Noun
carbasus f (genitive carbasī); second declension
- fine linen; cambric
- sail, awning
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | carbasus | carbasī |
| Genitive | carbasī | carbasōrum |
| Dative | carbasō | carbasīs |
| Accusative | carbasum | carbasōs |
| Ablative | carbasō | carbasīs |
| Vocative | carbase | carbasī |
Derived terms
- carbaseus
References
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 145
- Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 236
- Parthey, Gustav (1844) Vocabularium coptico-latinum et latino-copticum e Peyroni et Tattami lexicis (in Latin), Berlin: Fr. Nicolai, page 563
- “carbasus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “carbasus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- carbasus 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)
- carbasus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “carbasus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “carbasus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin