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Latin
Etymology
From dē- + glūbō.
Pronunciation
Verb
dēglūbō (present infinitive dēglūbere, perfect active dēglūpsī, supine dēglū̆ptum); third conjugation
- to peel off; to shell; to husk
- to flay; to skin
- Suetonius in De Vita Caesarum, Book III. Tiberius, 32:2; English translation based on work of
- Praesidibus onerandas tributo provincias suadentibus rescripsit boni pastoris esse tondere pecus, non deglubere.
- To the governors who recommended burdensome taxes for his provinces, he (Tiberius) wrote in answer that it was the part of a good shepherd to shear his flock, not to skin it.
Conjugation
- As with glūbō, the perfect system of this verb is unattested in Classical Latin.
References
- “deglubo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “deglubo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- deglubo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.