dureta

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Latin

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps of Hispano-Celtic origin, following Suetonius. The connection to Ancient Greek δροίτη (droítē, bathtub, cradle) is distant.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

dureta f (genitive duretae); first declension

  1. A wooden bathtub

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dureta duretae
genitive duretae duretārum
dative duretae duretīs
accusative duretam duretās
ablative duretā duretīs
vocative dureta duretae

References

  • dureta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dureta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “dureta”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 188/2