thuribulum

thuribulum

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin thū(ri)
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlomder.
Latin -bulum
Latin thūribulum

    From thū(ri) + -bulum.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    thūribulum n (genitive thūribulī); second declension

    1. a censer (a vessel to burn incense in)
      • 70 BCE, Cicero, In Verrem 2.4.46:
        Num etiam de L. Papinio, viro primario, locupleti honestoque equite Romano, turibulum emisti?
        Did you also buy that censer of Lucius Papilius, a man of the high reputation, wealth, and honour, and a Roman knight?

    Declension

    Second-declension noun (neuter).

    singular plural
    nominative thūribulum thūribula
    genitive thūribulī thūribulōrum
    dative thūribulō thūribulīs
    accusative thūribulum thūribula
    ablative thūribulō thūribulīs
    vocative thūribulum thūribula

    Descendants

    • Italian: turibulo
    • → English: thurible
    • ⇒ Galician: tiraboleiro

    References

    • “thuribulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "thuribulum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
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