alabrum

Latin

Alternative forms

• alibrum

Etymology

Unknown. First attested in Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae, 19.29.2 (early 7th century).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.ɫa.brũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.la.brum]

Noun

alabrum n (genitive alabrī); second declension (Late Latin)

1. A reel, spool.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	alabrum	alabra
genitive	alabrī	alabrōrum
dative	alabrō	alabrīs
accusative	alabrum	alabra
ablative	alabrō	alabrīs
vocative	alabrum	alabra

References

• "alabrum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “alabrum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “alabrum”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “alabrum”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 32