strabo

See also: Strabo

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin strabus, from Ancient Greek στραβός (strabós). Doublet of strambo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstra.bo/
• Rhymes: -abo
• Hyphenation: strà‧bo

Adjective

strabo (feminine straba, masculine plural strabi, feminine plural strabe)

1. (rare or regional) synonym of strabico

Further reading

• strabo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈstra.boː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈstraː.bo]

Etymology 1

Adjective

strabō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of strabus

Etymology 2

From strabus (“distorted, squinting”) +‎ -o (“forming related nouns”), from Ancient Greek στρᾰβός (străbós).

Noun

strabō m (genitive strabōnis); third declension

1. a man or woman with distorted eyes, a cross-eyed person, a person who frequently squints
2. (figurative) a jealous person

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	strabō	strabōnēs
genitive	strabōnis	strabōnum
dative	strabōnī	strabōnibus
accusative	strabōnem	strabōnēs
ablative	strabōne	strabōnibus
vocative	strabō	strabōnēs

Derived terms

• Strabō

References

• “strabo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press