fustibalus

Latin

Etymology

Hybridism, from fūstis (“a stick”) +‎ Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”) +‎ -us.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [fuːsˈtɪ.ba.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [fusˈtiː.ba.lus]

Noun

fūstibalus m (genitive fūstibalī); second declension

1. sling-staff

   Coordinate term: funda (“sling”)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	fūstibalus	fūstibalī
genitive	fūstibalī	fūstibalōrum
dative	fūstibalō	fūstibalīs
accusative	fūstibalum	fūstibalōs
ablative	fūstibalō	fūstibalīs
vocative	fūstibale	fūstibalī

Descendants

• French: fustibale

References

• “fustibalus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• fustibalus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “fustibalus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press