latibulum

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin latibulum

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Latin

Etymology

From late(ō) +‎ -bulum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /laˈti.bu.lum/, [ɫ̪äˈt̪ɪbʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate 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

Related terms

• lateō

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.