Latin edit

Etymology edit

Apparently a nonce word coined by Decimus Laberius.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

dictābolārium n (genitive dictābolāriī or dictābolārī); second declension

  1. a satirical saying

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dictābolārium dictābolāria
Genitive dictābolāriī
dictābolārī1
dictābolāriōrum
Dative dictābolāriō dictābolāriīs
Accusative dictābolārium dictābolāria
Ablative dictābolāriō dictābolāriīs
Vocative dictābolārium dictābolāria

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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