venabulum

Latin

Etymology

From vēn(ā) (“to hunt”) +‎ -bulum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯eːˈnaː.bu.lum/, [u̯eːˈnäːbʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /veˈna.bu.lum/, [veˈnäːbulum]

Noun

vēnābulum n (genitive vēnābulī); second declension

1. hunting-spear

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	vēnābulum	vēnābula
genitive	vēnābulī	vēnābulōrum
dative	vēnābulō	vēnābulīs
accusative	vēnābulum	vēnābula
ablative	vēnābulō	vēnābulīs
vocative	vēnābulum	vēnābula

Descendants

• Old Spanish: venavlo
  • Spanish: venablo
• → Italian: venabulo

References

• “venabulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “venabulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• venabulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “venabulum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “venabulum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin