gubernum

Latin

Etymology

Post-Classical, or ante-Classical, for the Classical gubernaculum. From gubernō.

Noun

gubernum n (genitive gubernī); second declension

1. helm, rudder

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gubernum	guberna
Genitive	gubernī	gubernōrum
Dative	gubernō	gubernīs
Accusative	gubernum	guberna
Ablative	gubernō	gubernīs
Vocative	gubernum	guberna

Descendants

• Italian: governo
• Sicilian: cuvernu, guvernu
  • → Maltese: gvern

See also

• gubernāculum

References

• “gubernum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gubernum 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)
• gubernum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.