Latin edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κρωβύλος (krōbúlos).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

crōbylos m (genitive crōbylī); second declension

  1. a roll of hair knotted on the crown of the head

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative crōbylos crōbylī
Genitive crōbylī crōbylōrum
Dative crōbylō crōbylīs
Accusative crōbylon crōbylōs
Ablative crōbylō crōbylīs
Vocative crōbyle crōbylī

Descendants edit

  • Italian: crobilo

References edit

  • crobylos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • crobylos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.