colobium

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κολόβιον (kolóbion).

Pronunciation

Noun

colobium n (genitive colobiī or colobī); second declension

  1. An undergarment with short sleeves

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative colobium colobia
genitive colobiī
colobī1
colobiōrum
dative colobiō colobiīs
accusative colobium colobia
ablative colobiō colobiīs
vocative colobium colobia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

  • colobium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • colobium 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)
  • colobium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • colobium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • colobium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin