latibulum

English

Etymology

From Latin latibulum.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ləˈtɪbjʊləm/
  • Audio (RP)(file)

Noun

latibulum (plural latibula)

  1. A concealed hiding place; a burrow, lair, or hole.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for latibulum in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Latin

Etymology

From late(ō) +‎ -bulum.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /laˈti.bu.lum/, [ɫ̪äˈt̪ɪbʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /laˈti.bu.lum/, [läˈt̪iːbulum]

Noun

latibulum n (genitive latibulī); second declension

  1. hiding place, refuge
  2. den (of animals)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative latibulum latibula
Genitive latibulī latibulōrum
Dative latibulō latibulīs
Accusative latibulum latibula
Ablative latibulō latibulīs
Vocative latibulum latibula

Descendants
  • → English: latibulum
  • → Romanian: latibul (learned)

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