labarum
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
labarum (plural labara)
- The Roman military standard adopted by Constantine I. The banner was known for its Christian chi-rho sign - ☧.
- 1658: Nor shall we urge the labarum, and famous Standard of Constantine, or make further use thereof, than as the first Letters in the Name of our Saviour Christ — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 168)
French edit
Noun edit
labarum m (plural labarums)
Further reading edit
- “labarum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”).[1] See also Latin labium, lambō, labrusca, laburnum.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈla.ba.rum/, [ˈɫ̪äbärʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈla.ba.rum/, [ˈläːbärum]
Noun edit
labarum n (genitive labarī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
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Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “labarum”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 737
- “labarum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- labarum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
labarum n (uncountable)
Declension edit
declension of labarum (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) labarum | labarumul |
genitive/dative | (unui) labarum | labarumului |
vocative | labarumule |