fustibalus

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Latin

Etymology

Hybridism, from fūstis (a stick) +‎ Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō, to throw) +‎ -us.

Pronunciation

Noun

fūstibalus m (genitive fūstibalī); second declension

  1. sling-staff
    Coordinate term: funda (sling)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative fūstibalus fūstibalī
genitive fūstibalī fūstibalōrum
dative fūstibalō fūstibalīs
accusative fūstibalum fūstibalōs
ablative fūstibalō fūstibalīs
vocative fūstibale fūstibalī

Descendants

  • French: fustibale

References

  • fustibalus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • fustibalus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • fustibalus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press