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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin strabus, from Ancient Greek στραβός (strabós). Doublet of strambo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstra.bo/
- Rhymes: -abo
- Hyphenation: strà‧bo
Adjective
strabo (feminine straba, masculine plural strabi, feminine plural strabe)
- (rare or regional) Synonym of strabico
Further reading
- strabo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Adjective
strabō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of strabus
Etymology 2
From strabus (“distorted, squinting”) + -o (“forming related nouns”), from Ancient Greek στρᾰβός (strabós).
Noun
strabō m (genitive strabōnis); third declension
- a man or woman with distorted eyes, a cross-eyed person, a person who frequently squints
- (figurative) a jealous person
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
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