parabolus

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek παράβολος (parábolos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /paˈra.bo.lus/, [päˈräbɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paˈra.bo.lus/, [päˈräːbolus]

Noun

parabolus m (genitive parabolī); second declension

1. a daredevil or reckless fellow who exposes himself to danger or who risks his life on any thing

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	parabolus	parabolī
genitive	parabolī	parabolōrum
dative	parabolō	parabolīs
accusative	parabolum	parabolōs
ablative	parabolō	parabolīs
vocative	parabole	parabolī

Derived terms

• parabolānus

References

• “părăbŏlus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• părăbŏlus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,112/3.