labarum

English

Etymology

From Latin labarum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlæbəɹəm/

Noun

labarum (plural labara)

1. The Roman military standard adopted by Constantine I. The banner was known for its Christian chi-rho sign - ☧.
   • 1658: Nor shall we urge the labarum, and famous Standard of Constantine, or make further use thereof, than as the first Letters in the Name of our Saviour Christ — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 168)

French

Noun

labarum m (plural labarums)

1. labarum

Further reading

• “labarum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Etymology

Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”). See also Latin labium, lambō, labrusca, laburnum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈla.ba.rum/, [ˈɫ̪äbärʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.ba.rum/, [ˈläːbärum]

Noun

labarum n (genitive labarī); second declension

1. labarum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	labarum	labara
genitive	labarī	labarōrum
dative	labarō	labarīs
accusative	labarum	labara
ablative	labarō	labarīs
vocative	labarum	labara

Descendants

• → Catalan: làbarum
• → English: labarum
• → Ancient Greek: λάβαρον (lábaron)
  • Greek: λάβαρο (lávaro)

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin labarum.

Noun

labarum n (uncountable)

1. labarum

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	labarum	labarumul
genitive-dative	labarum	labarumului
vocative	labarumule

References

• labarum in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN