diatriba

Italian

Alternative forms
  • dïatriba

Noun

diatriba f (plural diatribe)

  1. diatribe
  2. squabble

Usage notes

There are two pronunciations: diàtriba (stress on antepenult) and diatrìba (penult, modeled after French diatribe), with the former being preferred since it reflects the original Latin stress pattern[1].

References
  1. 2017 May 2 (last accessed) “diàtriba o diatrìba?”, in Treccani, La grammatica italiana‎:

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διατριβή (diatribḗ).

Pronunciation

Noun

diatriba f (genitive diatribae); first declension

  1. a learned discussion; a discourse
  2. (by extension) a school

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative diatriba diatribae
Genitive diatribae diatribārum
Dative diatribae diatribīs
Accusative diatribam diatribās
Ablative diatribā diatribīs
Vocative diatriba diatribae

Descendants

References
  • diatriba in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • diatriba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French diatribe.

Noun

diatriba f (plural diatribas)

  1. diatribe
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