subulcus
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom sus (“pig, swine”) + -bulcus (“-herd: tender of, carer of”).[1] Compare Ancient Greek σῠβώτης (subṓtēs).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /suˈbul.kus/, [s̠ʊˈbʊɫ̪kʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /suˈbul.kus/, [suˈbulkus]
Noun
editsubulcus m (genitive subulcī); second declension
- swineherd, a farmer or farmhand who raises and cares for pigs
- ...nec subulci, nec bubulci...
- ...neither swineherds nor cowherds...
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | subulcus | subulcī |
| Genitive | subulcī | subulcōrum |
| Dative | subulcō | subulcīs |
| Accusative | subulcum | subulcōs |
| Ablative | subulcō | subulcīs |
| Vocative | subulce | subulcī |
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “-bulcus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 77
Further reading
edit- “subulcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- subulcus 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)
- subulcus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.