simbella

Latin

Etymology

Contraction of sēmilībella, from sēmi- (“half”) +‎ lībella (“kind of coin”). Compare sinciput.

Pronunciation

Noun

simbella f (genitive simbellae); first declension

  1. A half libella.

Usage notes

  • Older dictionaries give the form sēmbella,[1][2] but this is not apparently attested.[3]

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative simbella simbellae
genitive simbellae simbellārum
dative simbellae simbellīs
accusative simbellam simbellās
ablative simbellā simbellīs
vocative simbella simbellae

References

  1. ^ “simbella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  2. ^ simbella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  3. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lībra”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 339
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