cribrum

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kreiðrom, from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to sieve”) + *-dʰrom (“instrumental suffix”), whence cernō (“to sift, separate”) +‎ -brum.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkriː.brum/, [ˈkriː.brũ]

Noun

crībrum n (genitive crībrī); second declension

  1. sieve
  2. riddle

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative crībrum crībra
Genitive crībrī crībrōrum
Dative crībrō crībrīs
Accusative crībrum crībra
Ablative crībrō crībrīs
Vocative crībrum crībra

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • cribrum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cribrum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cribrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • cribrum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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