tabum
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt”). Cognates include Latin tābēs (“a wasting away, disease”), Sanskrit तोय (toya, “water”), Ancient Greek τήκω (tḗkō, “to melt”), τῖφος (tîphos, “pond, swamp”), Old English þawian and English thaw.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtaː.bum/, [ˈt̪äːbʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈta.bum/, [ˈt̪äːbum]
Noun
tābum n (genitive tābī); second declension
- gore or similar putrid, viscous fluid
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tābum | tāba |
| Genitive | tābī | tābōrum |
| Dative | tābō | tābīs |
| Accusative | tābum | tāba |
| Ablative | tābō | tābīs |
| Vocative | tābum | tāba |
References
- “tabum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tabum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tabum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.