insubulum

Latin

Etymology

From insuō +‎ -bulum, or related to sūbula. Cf. also insilia

Noun

īnsubulum n (genitive īnsubulī); second declension

1. (Late Latin) warp beam of a weaver's loom

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	īnsubulum	īnsubula
Genitive	īnsubulī	īnsubulōrum
Dative	īnsubulō	īnsubulīs
Accusative	īnsubulum	īnsubula
Ablative	īnsubulō	īnsubulīs
Vocative	īnsubulum	īnsubula

Related terms

• sūbula

Descendants

• French: ensouple
• Spanish: enjulio, ensullo

(through a VL. *sūb(u)lum:)

• Aromanian: sul
• Megleno-Romanian: sul
• Italian: subbio
• Romanian: sul

References

• “insubulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• insubulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “insubulum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “insubulum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin