dolabra
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1st-century Roman dolabra. Hill-fort of Besomaño, Galicia, Spain.
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dolābra (“pickaxe”).
Noun
dolabra (plural dolabrae)
References
- “dolabra”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Italian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin dolābra.
Pronunciation
Noun
dolabra f (plural dolabre)
- dolabra
- (medicine, obsolete) a kind of bandaging where the bandages are wound around in a spiral-like fashion
Further reading
- dolabra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From dol(ā) (“to hew”) + -bra.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /doˈlaː.bra/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /doˈla.bra/,
Noun
dolābra f (genitive dolābrae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dolābra | dolābrae |
| genitive | dolābrae | dolābrārum |
| dative | dolābrae | dolābrīs |
| accusative | dolābram | dolābrās |
| ablative | dolābrā | dolābrīs |
| vocative | dolābra | dolābrae |
Derived terms
Descendants
- → English: dolabra
- → Ancient Greek: δηλάβρα (dēlábra)
- → Greek: δολάβρα (dolávra)
- → Georgian: დალაბრა (dalabra)
- → Old Armenian: դալապր (dalapr)
References
- “dolabra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dolabra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dolabra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “dolabra”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “dolabra”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin