digitabulum

Latin

Etymology

From digitus (“finger, toe”) +‎ -bulum. Compare with the Ancient Greek δακτυλήθρα (daktulḗthra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [dɪ.ɡɪˈtaː.bʊ.ɫũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [di.d͡ʒiˈtaː.bu.lum]

Noun

digitābulum n (genitive digitābulī); second declension

1. a glove worn in gathering olives

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	digitābulum	digitābula
genitive	digitābulī	digitābulōrum
dative	digitābulō	digitābulīs
accusative	digitābulum	digitābula
ablative	digitābulō	digitābulīs
vocative	digitābulum	digitābula

Related terms

• digitālis
• digitātus
• digitulus
• digitus

References

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