dibaphus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίβαφος (díbaphos, “double-dyed”)m from δί- (dí-, “double-”) + βᾰφή (baphḗ, “dye”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.ba.pʰus/, [ˈd̪ɪbäpʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.ba.fus/, [ˈd̪iːbäfus]

Adjective

dibaphus (feminine dibapha, neuter dibaphum); first/second-declension adjective

1. dyed twice

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dibaphus	dibapha	dibaphum		dibaphī	dibaphae	dibapha
genitive	dibaphī	dibaphae	dibaphī		dibaphōrum	dibaphārum	dibaphōrum
dative	dibaphō	dibaphae	dibaphō		dibaphīs
accusative	dibaphum	dibapham	dibaphum		dibaphōs	dibaphās	dibapha
ablative	dibaphō	dibaphā	dibaphō		dibaphīs
vocative	dibaphe	dibapha	dibaphum		dibaphī	dibaphae	dibapha

Noun

dibaphus f (genitive dibaphī); second declension

1. a magistrate's purple robe

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dibaphus	dibaphī
genitive	dibaphī	dibaphōrum
dative	dibaphō	dibaphīs
accusative	dibaphum	dibaphōs
ablative	dibaphō	dibaphīs
vocative	dibaphe	dibaphī

References

• “dibaphus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dibaphus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers