libella

English

Etymology

Latin , diminutive of libra (“balance”). Doublet of level.

Noun

libella (plural libellas)

A small balance.
A level, or levelling instrument.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for libella in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

French

Pronunciation

Homophones: libellas, libellât

Verb

libella

third-person singular past historic of libeller

Latin

Etymology

From libra +‎ -la.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /liːˈbel.la/, [liːˈbɛl.la]

Noun

lībella f (genitive lībellae); first declension

An as (the tenth part of a denarius)
level (builder's tool)

Usage notes

Used to represent a minute portion of money.

Declension

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lībella	lībellae
Genitive	lībellae	lībellārum
Dative	lībellae	lībellīs
Accusative	lībellam	lībellās
Ablative	lībellā	lībellīs
Vocative	lībella	lībellae

Descendants

Vulgar Latin: *libellus m
- → Albanian: nivel
- Catalan: nivell m
- → Esperanto: nivelo
- Galician: nivel m
- → Ido: nivelo
- Italian: livello m
- Old French: livel, nyviel, nevel, nivel m
  - French: niveau m
    - → Danish: niveau n
    - → Dutch: niveau n
    - → German: Niveau n
    - → Norwegian: nivå n
    - → Romanian: nivel n
    - → Swedish: nivå c
  - → Middle English: level
    - English: level
      - → Japanese: レベル (reberu)
        → Korean: 레벨 (rebel)
  - → Portuguese: nível m
  - → Romansch: nivel, livel, nivo m
  - → Spanish: nivel m
- Venetian: łiveło m

References

libella in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
libella in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
libella in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
libella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
libella in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
libella in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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