Trebula

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Sabellic *trēb-, itself possibly directly from Proto-Italic *trabs or directly from the Proto-Indo-European root Proto-Indo-European *treb-.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Trēbula f sg (genitive Trēbulae); first declension

  1. an ancient city in Campania situated near the course of the Vulturnus
  2. an ancient town in Rieti also called Trebula Mutusca
  3. an ancient town in Sabine territory whose inhabitants are called Trebulani Suffenates

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Trēbula
genitive Trēbulae
dative Trēbulae
accusative Trēbulam
ablative Trēbulā
vocative Trēbula
locative Trēbulae

Derived terms

References

  • Trebula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Trebula”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Trebula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN