curcubeu
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- curcubeai
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *circus bibit, literally, ‘ring that drinks’ (from bibere "to drink"), late variant of arcus bibit ‘rainbow’ (also cras pluit); compare Franco-Provençal arcboit, arboè, Ladin arcobuàn, Campanian arcovevere.[1]
References
- M. Alinei, "Tradizioni popolari in Plauto: «bibit arcus» (Curculio 131)", Lares 58 (1992), 333-40, cited in Remo Bracchi, Nomi e volti della paura nelle valli dell'Adda e della Mera (Tübingen: Max Niemeyer, 2009), 45: n.28.
Romanian
Alternative forms
- curcubei, curcubel, curcubău
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *circus bibit, literally, ‘ring that drinks’ (from bibere (“to drink”)), late variant of arcus bibit ‘rainbow’ (also cras pluit); compare Franco-Provençal arcboit, arboè, Ladin arcobuàn, Campanian arcovevere.[1]
Declension
declension of curcubeu
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) curcubeu | curcubeul | (niște) curcubeie | curcubeiele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) curcubeu | curcubeului | (unor) curcubeie | curcubeielor |
| vocative | curcubeule | curcubeielor | ||
References
- M. Alinei, "Tradizioni popolari in Plauto: «bibit arcus» (Curculio 131)", Lares 58 (1992), 333-40, cited in Remo Bracchi, Nomi e volti della paura nelle valli dell'Adda e della Mera (Tübingen: Max Niemeyer, 2009), 45: n.28.
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