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English
Etymology
From Latin saburra (“grit, sand”).
Noun
saburra (uncountable)
- (pathology) Foul granular matter deposited in the alimentary canal by the decomposition of food
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
Variant of sabulum; Greek σαβούρα (savoúra) and Catalan sorra derive from the former, while Italian sabbia, Occitan sabla, French sable, and Esperanto sablo derive from the latter.
Pronunciation
Noun
saburra f (genitive saburrae); first declension
- grit, sand
c. 25 BCE, Marcus Vitruvius Pollio,
De architectura 8.6:
- vehemens spiritus in aquae ductione solet nasci nisi primum leniter et parce a capite aqua inmittatur et in geniculis aut versuris alligationibus aut pondere saburra contineatur
- flurried wind will trouble the water lest (water) is from its source gently and sparingly issued and at every twist and turn (of the course) bindings and ballast sand are placed
Declension
First-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “saburra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “saburra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- saburra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.