simbella
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Contraction of sēmilībella, from sēmi- (“half”) + lībella (“kind of coin”). Compare sinciput.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /simˈbel.la/, [s̠ɪmˈbɛlːʲä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /simˈbel.la/, [simˈbɛlːä]
Noun[edit]
simbella f (genitive simbellae); first declension
- A half libella.
Usage notes[edit]
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]
- ^ “simbella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ^ simbella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- ^ 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