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Latin
Etymology
post- + habēna.
Pronunciation
Noun
postilēna f (genitive postilēnae); first declension
- crupper (contrivance to keep a saddle from sliding forward)
- Antonym: antilēna
c. 180 BCE,
Plautus,
Casina 124–125:
- Ita te aggerunda curvom aqua faciam probe
ut postilena possit ex te fieri.- I’ll make you so thoroughly bent with carrying water that a crupper might be manufactured out of you.
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- postilena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.