sabanum
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek σάβανον (sábanon, “linen cloth or towel”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsa.ba.num/, [ˈs̠äbänʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsa.ba.num/, [ˈsäːbänum]
Noun edit
sabanum n (genitive sabanī); second declension
Declension edit
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 edit
- → Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (saban)
- Old Galician-Portuguese: savãa
- Galician: saba
- Spanish: sábana (“bedsheet”)
- Ladino: savaná
References edit
- “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.