simbella

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Contraction of sēmilībella, from sēmi- (half) +‎ lībella (kind of coin). Compare sinciput.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

simbella f (genitive simbellae); first declension

  1. A half libella.

Usage notes[edit]

  • Older dictionaries give the form sēmbella,[1][2] but this is not apparently attested.[3]

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative simbella simbellae
Genitive simbellae simbellārum
Dative simbellae simbellīs
Accusative simbellam simbellās
Ablative simbellā simbellīs
Vocative simbella simbellae

References[edit]

  1. ^ simbella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  2. ^ simbella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  3. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “lībra”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 339