sabanum

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σάβανον (sábanon, “linen cloth or towel”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ba.num/, [ˈs̠äbänʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ba.num/, [ˈsäːbänum]

Noun

sabanum n (genitive sabanī); second declension

1. A linen cloth for wiping or wrapping up in; towel, napkin.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sabanum	sabana
Genitive	sabanī	sabanōrum
Dative	sabanō	sabanīs
Accusative	sabanum	sabana
Ablative	sabanō	sabanīs
Vocative	sabanum	sabana

Descendants

• → Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (saban)
• Old Galician-Portuguese: savãa
  • Galician: saba
• Spanish: sábana (“bedsheet”)
  • Ladino: savaná

References

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