tribulus

See also: Tribulus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τρίβολος (tríbolos). Do not confuse with trībulum (“threshing-sledge”).

Noun

tribulus m (genitive tribulī); second declension

1. caltrop (both the plant Tribulus terrestris and the weapon)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tribulus	tribulī
Genitive	tribulī	tribulōrum
Dative	tribulō	tribulīs
Accusative	tribulum	tribulōs
Ablative	tribulō	tribulīs
Vocative	tribule	tribulī

Descendants

• Catalan: tríbol
• Italian: trebbia
• Portuguese: tríbulo, trilho
• Spanish: tríbulo

References

• “tribulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tribulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tribulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• tribulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “tribulus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “tribulus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin