cribro

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cribrum, from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to sieve”). Compare the inherited old Italian crivo, and related crivello.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkri.bro/
  • Rhymes: -ibro
  • Hyphenation: crì‧bro

Noun

cribro m (plural cribri)

  1. (obsolete) sieve
  2. (anatomy, botany) cribrose tube

Latin

Etymology

From crībrum +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

Verb

crībrō (present infinitive crībrāre, perfect active crībrāvī, supine crībrātum); first conjugation

  1. to sift or sieve

Conjugation

   Conjugation of crībrō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present crībrō crībrās crībrat crībrāmus crībrātis crībrant
imperfect crībrābam crībrābās crībrābat crībrābāmus crībrābātis crībrābant
future crībrābō crībrābis crībrābit crībrābimus crībrābitis crībrābunt
perfect crībrāvī crībrāvistī crībrāvit crībrāvimus crībrāvistis crībrāvērunt,
crībrāvēre
pluperfect crībrāveram crībrāverās crībrāverat crībrāverāmus crībrāverātis crībrāverant
future perfect crībrāverō crībrāveris crībrāverit crībrāverimus crībrāveritis crībrāverint
passive present crībror crībrāris,
crībrāre 		crībrātur crībrāmur crībrāminī crībrantur
imperfect crībrābar crībrābāris,
crībrābāre 		crībrābātur crībrābāmur crībrābāminī crībrābantur
future crībrābor crībrāberis,
crībrābere 		crībrābitur crībrābimur crībrābiminī crībrābuntur
perfect crībrātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect crībrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect crībrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present crībrem crībrēs crībret crībrēmus crībrētis crībrent
imperfect crībrārem crībrārēs crībrāret crībrārēmus crībrārētis crībrārent
perfect crībrāverim crībrāverīs crībrāverit crībrāverīmus crībrāverītis crībrāverint
pluperfect crībrāvissem crībrāvissēs crībrāvisset crībrāvissēmus crībrāvissētis crībrāvissent
passive present crībrer crībrēris,
crībrēre 		crībrētur crībrēmur crībrēminī crībrentur
imperfect crībrārer crībrārēris,
crībrārēre 		crībrārētur crībrārēmur crībrārēminī crībrārentur
perfect crībrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect crībrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — crībrā — — crībrāte —
future — crībrātō crībrātō — crībrātōte crībrantō
passive present — crībrāre — — crībrāminī —
future — crībrātor crībrātor — — crībrantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives crībrāre crībrāvisse crībrātūrum esse crībrārī crībrātum esse crībrātum īrī
participles crībrāns — crībrātūrus — crībrātus crībrandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
crībrandī crībrandō crībrandum crībrandō crībrātum crībrātū

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Asturian: cribar
  • French: cribler
  • Galician: cribar
  • Italian: cribrare
  • Portuguese: crivar
  • Romanian: ciura
  • Spanish: cribar

References

  • “cribro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cribro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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