subligaculum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subligāculum.

Noun

subligaculum (plural subligacula)

  1. A kind of underwear worn in Ancient Rome.

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From subligō (“tie below”)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /su.bliˈɡaː.ku.lum/, [sʊ.blɪˈɡaː.kʊ.ɫũ]

Noun

subligāculum n (genitive subligāculī); second declension

  1. waistband, apron
  2. loincloth
  3. kilt

Inflection

Second declension.

Case 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
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