Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek τριβάς (tribás), from τρίβω (tríbō, to rub).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tribas f (genitive tribadis); third declension

  1. a lesbian, gay woman, tribade

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tribas tribadēs
Genitive tribadis tribadum
Dative tribadī tribadibus
Accusative tribadem tribadēs
Ablative tribade tribadibus
Vocative tribas tribadēs

Descendants edit

  • English: tribade, tribadism

References edit

  • tribas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tribas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tribas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.