curcuba

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkur.ku.ba/, [ˈkʊrkʊbä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkur.ku.ba/, [ˈkurkubä]

Noun

curcuba f (genitive curcubae); first declension

1. A kind of rope

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	curcuba	curcubae
genitive	curcubae	curcubārum
dative	curcubae	curcubīs
accusative	curcubam	curcubās
ablative	curcubā	curcubīs
vocative	curcuba	curcubae

References

• curcuba 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)
• curcuba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.