subula

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *syuh₁-dʰleh₂, which consists of the root *syuh₁- (“sew”) and the suffix *-dʰlom (“tool suffix”). This becomes the Latin derivation suō (“to sew”) +‎ -bula. Cognate to Russian шило (šilo, “awl”) and Czech šídlo (“awl”), and to Proto-Germanic *siwjaną (“to sew”).

Noun

sūbula f (genitive sūbulae); first declension

shoemaker's awl

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sūbula	sūbulae
genitive	sūbulae	sūbulārum
dative	sūbulae	sūbulīs
accusative	sūbulam	sūbulās
ablative	sūbulā	sūbulīs
vocative	sūbula	sūbulae

Related terms

insūbulum

Descendants

Aromanian: sulã
French: subule
Greek: σούβλα f (soúvla, “spit”)
Italian: subbia

Portuguese: sovela
Romanian: sulă
Spanish: subilla
Venetian: sùbia

References

subula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
subula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
subula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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