tribulum

Latin

Etymology 1

From tr(i) (“to rub”) +‎ -bulum (“instrumental suffix”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub”) + *-dʰlom (“instrumental suffix”). Do not confuse with trĭbulus (“caltrop”).

Alternative forms

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

Noun

trībulum n (genitive trībulī); second declension

  1. threshing board, threshing sledge
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Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative trībulum trībula
Genitive trībulī trībulōrum
Dative trībulō trībulīs
Accusative trībulum trībula
Ablative trībulō trībulīs
Vocative trībulum trībula

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Catalan: trill
  • Portuguese: trilho, trilha
  • Spanish: trillo, trilla
  • → Koine Greek: τρίβολοι m pl (tríboloi), τρίβολα f (tríbola)
    • → Aramaic:
      Christian Palestinian Aramaic: ܐܛܪ̈ܘܒܝܠܐ‏‎
      Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: טַּרְבָּל‎ (ṭarbāl), טּוּרְבִּיל‎ (ṭurbīl)
      • → Arabic: طِرْبِيل‎ (ṭirbīl)

Etymology 2

Noun

tribulum

  1. accusative singular of tribulus

References
  • tribulum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tribulum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tribulum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • tribulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • tribulum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 135
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