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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unknown. First attested in Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae, 19.29.2 (early 7th century).
Pronunciation
Noun
alabrum n (genitive alabrī); second declension (Late Latin)
- A reel, spool.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
References
- alabrum 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)
- alabrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “alabrum”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “alabrum”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 32