cribrum
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *kreiðrom, from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to sieve”) + *-dʰrom (“instrumental suffix”), whence cernō (“to sift, separate”) + -brum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkriː.brum/, [ˈkriːbrʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkri.brum/, [ˈkriːbrum]
Noun
crībrum n (genitive crībrī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | crībrum | crībra |
| Genitive | crībrī | crībrōrum |
| Dative | crībrō | crībrīs |
| Accusative | crībrum | crībra |
| Ablative | crībrō | crībrīs |
| Vocative | crībrum | crībra |
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References
- “cribrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cribrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cribrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “cribrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers