thuribulum

Latin

Alternative forms

• tūribulum

Etymology

From thū(ri) +‎ -bulum

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tʰuːˈri.bu.lum/, [t̪ʰuːˈrɪbʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tuˈri.bu.lum/, [t̪uˈriːbulum]

Noun

thūribulum n (genitive thūribulī); second declension

1. A censer

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	thūribulum	thūribula
Genitive	thūribulī	thūribulōrum
Dative	thūribulō	thūribulīs
Accusative	thūribulum	thūribula
Ablative	thūribulō	thūribulīs
Vocative	thūribulum	thūribula

Descendants

• → English: thurible
• ⇒ Galician: tiraboleiro

References

• “thuribulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• thuribulum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)