dolabra

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dolābra (“pickaxe”).

Noun

dolabra (plural dolabrae)

  1. An ancient axe or hatchet.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for dolabra in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin
1st-century Roman dolabra. Hill-fort of Besomaño, Galicia, Spain.

Etymology

From dol(ā) (“to hew”) +‎ -bra.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /doˈlaː.bra/, [dɔˈɫaː.bra]

Noun

dolābra f (genitive dolābrae); first declension

  1. pickaxe

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dolābra dolābrae
Genitive dolābrae dolābrārum
Dative dolābrae dolābrīs
Accusative dolābram dolābrās
Ablative dolābrā dolābrīs
Vocative dolābra dolābrae

References
  • dolabra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dolabra in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dolabra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • dolabra in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dolabra in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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