strebula

Latin

Alternative forms

• stribula

Etymology

Maybe from the same Proto-Indo-European root as Ancient Greek στρεβλός (streblós, “twisted, crooked”) and στρόβος (stróbos, “whirling round”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈstre.bu.la/, [ˈs̠t̪rɛbʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈstre.bu.la/, [ˈst̪rɛːbulä]

Noun

strebula n pl (genitive strebulōrum); second declension

1. (plural only) The flesh about the haunches

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	strebula
Genitive	strebulōrum
Dative	strebulīs
Accusative	strebula
Ablative	strebulīs
Vocative	strebula

References

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