dolabella

Latin

Etymology

From dolābra (“pickaxe”) +‎ -la (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /do.laːˈbel.la/, [d̪ɔɫ̪äːˈbɛlːʲä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /do.laˈbel.la/, [d̪oläˈbɛlːä]

Noun

dolābella f (genitive dolābellae); first declension

1. diminutive of dolābra (“pickaxe”): small pickaxe or hatchet

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dolābella	dolābellae
Genitive	dolābellae	dolābellārum
Dative	dolābellae	dolābellīs
Accusative	dolābellam	dolābellās
Ablative	dolābellā	dolābellīs
Vocative	dolābella	dolābellae

References

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