subligaculum

subligaculum

English

Etymology

    Borrowed from Latin subligāculum.

    Noun

    subligaculum (plural subligacula)

    1. (Ancient Rome) A kind of underwear worn in Ancient Rome.

    Translations

    Latin

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From subligō (to tie below) +‎ -culum, equivalent to sub- +‎ ligō +‎ -culum.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    subligāculum n (genitive subligāculī); second declension

    1. waistband, apron
    2. loincloth
    3. kilt

    Declension

    Second-declension noun (neuter).

    singular plural
    nominative subligāculum subligācula
    genitive subligāculī subligāculōrum
    dative subligāculō subligāculīs
    accusative subligāculum subligācula
    ablative subligāculō subligāculīs
    vocative subligāculum subligācula

    References

    • subligaculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • subligaculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • subligaculum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • subligaculum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • subligaculum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin