saburra

English

Etymology

From Latin saburra (“grit, sand”).

Noun

saburra (uncountable)

1. (pathology) Foul granular matter deposited in the alimentary canal by the decomposition of food

Derived terms

• saburral

Latin

Etymology

Variant of sabulum; Greek σαβούρα (savoúra) and Catalan sorra derive from the former, while Italian sabbia, Occitan sabla, French sable, and Esperanto sablo derive from the latter.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /saˈbur.ra/, [s̠äˈbʊrːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /saˈbur.ra/, [säˈburːä]

Noun

saburra f (genitive saburrae); first declension

1. grit, sand
   • c. 25 BCE, Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, De architectura 8.6:

     vehemens spiritus in aquae ductione solet nasci [...] nisi primum leniter et parce a capite aqua inmittatur et in geniculis aut versuris alligationibus aut pondere saburra contineatur

     flurried wind will trouble the water lest (water) is from its source gently and sparingly issued and at every twist and turn (of the course) bindings and ballast sand are placed

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	saburra	saburrae
Genitive	saburrae	saburrārum
Dative	saburrae	saburrīs
Accusative	saburram	saburrās
Ablative	saburrā	saburrīs
Vocative	saburra	saburrae

Derived terms

• saburrālis
• saburrārius
• saburrō

Descendants

• Greek: σαβούρα (savoúra)
• Italian: zavorra
• Catalan: sorra
• Occitan: saurra
• Old Ligurian: saora
  • Ligurian: sòura
• Portuguese: saborra, saburra
• Sicilian: savurra
• Spanish: saburra, sarro, zaborra, zahorra

References

• “saburra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “saburra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• saburra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.