dictabolarium

Latin

Etymology

Apparently a nonce word coined by Decimus Laberius.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /dik.taː.boˈlaː.ri.um/, [d̪ɪkt̪äːbɔˈɫ̪äːriʊ̃ˑ]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dik.ta.boˈla.ri.um/, [d̪ikt̪äboˈläːrium]

Noun

dictābolārium n (genitive dictābolāriī or dictābolārī); second declension

a satirical saying

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dictābolārium	dictābolāria
Genitive	dictābolāriī dictābolārī¹	dictābolāriōrum
Dative	dictābolāriō	dictābolāriīs
Accusative	dictābolārium	dictābolāria
Ablative	dictābolāriō	dictābolāriīs
Vocative	dictābolārium	dictābolāria

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

dictō

Further reading

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

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