embolum
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἔμβολον (émbolon) from ἐμβάλλω (embállō).
Noun edit
embolum n (genitive embolī); second declension
- beak of a ship
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | embolum | embola |
| Genitive | embolī | embolōrum |
| Dative | embolō | embolīs |
| Accusative | embolum | embola |
| Ablative | embolō | embolīs |
| Vocative | embolum | embola |
References edit
- “embolum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- embolum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- embolum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “embolum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “embolum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin