digitabulum

Latin

Etymology

From digitus (“finger, toe”) +‎ -bulum. Compare with the Ancient Greek δακτυλήθρα (daktulḗthra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /di.ɡiˈtaː.bu.lum/, [d̪ɪɡɪˈt̪äːbʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /di.d͡ʒiˈta.bu.lum/, [d̪id͡ʒiˈt̪äːbulum]

Noun

digitābulum n (genitive digitābulī); second declension

1. a glove worn in gathering olives

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	digitābulum	digitābula
genitive	digitābulī	digitābulōrum
dative	digitābulō	digitābulīs
accusative	digitābulum	digitābula
ablative	digitābulō	digitābulīs
vocative	digitābulum	digitābula

Related terms

• digitālis
• digitātus
• digitulus
• digitus

References

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