flagritriba

Latin

Etymology

flagrum (“scrourge”) +‎ terō (“wear out”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fla.ɡriˈtriː.ba/, [fɫ̪äɡrɪˈt̪riːbä] or IPA^(key): /flaɡ.riˈtriː.ba/, [fɫ̪äɡrɪˈt̪riːbä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fla.ɡriˈtri.ba/, [fläɡriˈt̪riːbä] or IPA^(key): /flaɡ.riˈtri.ba/, [fläɡriˈt̪riːbä]

Noun

flagritrība m (genitive flagritrībae); first declension

1. one that wears out whips, whipping boy

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	flagritrība	flagritrībae
Genitive	flagritrībae	flagritrībārum
Dative	flagritrībae	flagritrībīs
Accusative	flagritrībam	flagritrībās
Ablative	flagritrībā	flagritrībīs
Vocative	flagritrība	flagritrībae

References

• “flagritriba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• flagritriba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• flagritriba in D. P. Simpson, Cassell's Latin Dictionary, Wiley Publishing, 1968