patibulum

English

Etymology

Latin patibulum (“crossbeam”).

Noun

patibulum (plural patibulums)

  1. The crossbar of a cross used for crucifixion

Latin

Etymology

From pate(ō) (“I open, I fork”) +‎ -bulum.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /paˈti.bu.lum/, [paˈtɪ.bʊ.ɫũ]

Noun

patibulum n (genitive patibulī); second declension

  1. fork-shaped yoke or gibbet (for criminals)

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative patibulum patibula
Genitive patibulī patibulōrum
Dative patibulō patibulīs
Accusative patibulum patibula
Ablative patibulō patibulīs
Vocative patibulum patibula

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