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Latin
Etymology
From insuō + -bulum, or related to sūbula. Cf. also insilia[1]
Noun
īnsubulum n (genitive īnsubulī); second declension
- (Late Latin) warp beam of a weaver's loom
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Descendants
(through a VL. *sūb(u)lum:)
References
- “insubulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- insubulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “insubulum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “insubulum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin