rabula

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See also: rábula

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin rabula.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈra.bu.la/
  • Rhymes: -abula
  • Hyphenation: rà‧bu‧la

Noun[edit]

rabula m or f by sense (masculine plural rabuli, feminine plural rabule)

  1. pettifogger (unscrupulous lawyer)

Further reading[edit]

  • rabula in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From rabiō.

Noun[edit]

rabula m (genitive rabulae); first declension

  1. pettifogger (unscrupulous lawyer)

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rabula rabulae
Genitive rabulae rabulārum
Dative rabulae rabulīs
Accusative rabulam rabulās
Ablative rabulā rabulīs
Vocative rabula rabulae

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Italian: rabula
  • Portuguese: rábula (learned)

References[edit]

  • rabula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rabula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • rabula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette