tribas

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τριβάς (tribás), from τρίβω (tríbō, “to rub”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tribas f (genitive tribadis); third declension

  1. a lesbian, gay woman, tribade

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative tribas tribadēs
genitive tribadis tribadum
dative tribadī tribadibus
accusative tribadem tribadēs
ablative tribade tribadibus
vocative tribas tribadēs

Descendants

  • English: tribade, tribadism

References

  • “tribas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “tribas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tribas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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