dictabolarium

Latin

Etymology

Apparently a nonce word coined by Decimus Laberius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /dik.taː.boˈlaː.ri.um/, [d̪ɪkt̪äːbɔˈɫ̪äːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dik.ta.boˈla.ri.um/, [d̪ikt̪äboˈläːrium]

Noun

dictābolārium n (genitive dictābolāriī or dictābolārī); second declension

1. a satirical saying

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	dictābolārium	dictābolāria
genitive	dictābolāriī dictābolārī1	dictābolāriōrum
dative	dictābolāriō	dictābolāriīs
accusative	dictābolārium	dictābolāria
ablative	dictābolāriō	dictābolāriīs
vocative	dictābolārium	dictābolāria

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

• dictō

Further reading

• “dictabolarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dictabolarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.