imbrex

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English

imbrices

Etymology

From Latin imbrex.

Noun

imbrex (plural imbrices)

  1. (archaeology) A roof tile common in Ancient Greek and Roman architecture, used in an overlapping formation with the tegula.

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From imber.

Pronunciation

Noun

imbrex f or m (genitive imbricis); third declension

  1. imbrex, pantile

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative imbrex imbricēs
genitive imbricis imbricum
dative imbricī imbricibus
accusative imbricem imbricēs
ablative imbrice imbricibus
vocative imbrex imbricēs

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: embrice

References

  • “imbrex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “imbrex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • imbrex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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