English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin subligāculum.

Noun edit

subligaculum (plural subligacula)

  1. A kind of underwear worn in Ancient Rome.

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Latin edit

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Etymology edit

From subligō (to tie below) +‎ -culum, originating from the Proto-Italic *supoleigaklom, from Proto-Indo-European *upóleyǵatlom.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

subligāculum n (genitive subligāculī); second declension

  1. waistband, apron
  2. loincloth
  3. kilt

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative subligāculum subligācula
Genitive subligāculī subligāculōrum
Dative subligāculō subligāculīs
Accusative subligāculum subligācula
Ablative subligāculō subligāculīs
Vocative subligāculum subligācula

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References edit

  • subligaculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • subligaculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • subligaculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • subligaculum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • subligaculum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin