patibulum

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin patibulum (“crossbeam”).

Noun

patibulum (plural patibulums)

  1. The crossbar of a cross used for crucifixion.

Latin

Etymology

From pate(ō) (“I open, I fork”) +‎ -bulum.

Pronunciation

Noun

patibulum n (genitive patibulī); second declension

  1. fork-shaped yoke, pillory, or gibbet (for criminals)
    • 6th century, Venantius Fortunatus, Vexilla regis, first stanza:
      Vexilla regis prodeunt
      Fulget crucis mysterium
      Quo carne carnis conditor,
      Suspensus est patibulo.
      The Banners of the King issue forth,
      the mystery of the Cross does gleam,
      where the Creator of flesh, in the flesh,
      from the cross-bar is hung.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative patibulum patibula
Genitive patibulī patibulōrum
Dative patibulō patibulīs
Accusative patibulum patibula
Ablative patibulō patibulīs
Vocative patibulum patibula

Descendants

References

  • “patibulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “patibulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • patibulum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • patibulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “patibulum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “patibulum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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