labarum
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin labarum.
Pronunciation
Noun
labarum (plural labara)
- The Roman military standard adopted by Constantine I. The banner was known for its Christian chi-rho sign - ☧.
- 1658: Nor shall we urge the labarum, and famous Standard of Constantine, or make further use thereof, than as the first Letters in the Name of our Saviour Christ — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 168)
Latin
Etymology
Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”).[1] See also Latin labium and lambō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈla.ba.rum/, [ˈɫ̪äbärʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈla.ba.rum/, [ˈläːbärum]
Noun
labarum n (genitive labarī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
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References
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “labarum”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 737
- “labarum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- labarum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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