dolabella
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dolābra (“pickaxe”) + -la (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /do.laːˈbel.la/, [d̪ɔɫ̪äːˈbɛlːʲä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /do.laˈbel.la/, [d̪oläˈbɛlːä]
Noun
[edit]dolābella f (genitive dolābellae); first declension
- diminutive of dolābra (“pickaxe”): small pickaxe or hatchet
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dolābella | dolābellae |
| genitive | dolābellae | dolābellārum |
| dative | dolābellae | dolābellīs |
| accusative | dolābellam | dolābellās |
| ablative | dolābellā | dolābellīs |
| vocative | dolābella | dolābellae |
References
[edit]- “dolabella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dolabella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.