sabulum

Latin

Alternative forms

sablum

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos (compare Ancient Greek ἄμαθος (ámathos), ψάμμος (psámmos)), from *sem- (“to pour”) (compare English dialectal samel (“sand bottom”), Old Irish to-ess-sem (“to pour out”), Latin sentina (“bilge water”), Lithuanian sémti (“to scoop”), Ancient Greek ἀμάω (amáō, “to gather”), ἄμη (ámē, “water bucket”)).

Noun

sabulum n (genitive sabulī); second declension

Alternative form of sabulō

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sabulum	sabula
Genitive	sabulī	sabulōrum
Dative	sabulō	sabulīs
Accusative	sabulum	sabula
Ablative	sabulō	sabulīs
Vocative	sabulum	sabula

Descendants

Asturian: sable
Dutch: zavel
French: sable
Galician: xabre

Italian: sabbia
Occitan: sabla
Portuguese: saibro

References

sabulum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
sabulum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
sabulum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
sabulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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