stabulum

Latin

Etymology

From st(ā) +‎ -bulum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsta.bu.lum/, [ˈsta.bʊ.ɫũ]

Noun

stabulum n (genitive stabulī); second declension

1. dwelling, habitation
2. stall, stable
3. hut
4. tavern, public house, hostelry
5. brothel

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	stabulum	stabula
genitive	stabulī	stabulōrum
dative	stabulō	stabulīs
accusative	stabulum	stabula
ablative	stabulō	stabulīs
vocative	stabulum	stabula

Derived terms

• naustibulum
• stabulō

Descendants

• Arabic: إِصْطَبْل‏ (ʾiṣṭabl)
• Asturian: establu
• Catalan: establa, estable
• English: stable
• Franco-Provençal: ètrâblo
• French: étable
• Greek: σταύλος (stávlos)

• Italian: stabbio, stabulario
• Occitan: estable
• Portuguese: estábulo, estrabo
• Romanian: staul
• Spanish: establo
• Welsh: ystafell

References

• stabulum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• stabulum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “stabulum” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• stabulum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• stabulum in Samuel Ball Platner (1929), Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
• stabulum in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly