insubulum

Latin

Etymology

From insuō +‎ -bulum, or related to sūbula. Cf. also insilia[1]

Noun

īnsubulum n (genitive īnsubulī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) warp beam of a weaver's loom

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative īnsubulum īnsubula
genitive īnsubulī īnsubulōrum
dative īnsubulō īnsubulīs
accusative īnsubulum īnsubula
ablative īnsubulō īnsubulīs
vocative īnsubulum īnsubula

Descendants

  • French: ensouple
  • Spanish: enjulio, ensullo

(through a VL. *sūb(u)lum:)

References

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