saburra

Latin saburra (“grit, sand”).

saburra (uncountable)

1. (pathology) Foul granular matter deposited in the alimentary canal by the decomposition of food

• saburral

Variant of sabulum; Greek σαβούρα (savoúra) and Catalan sorra derive from the former, while Italian sabbia, Occitan sabla, French sable, and Esperanto sablo derive from the latter.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /saˈbur.ra/, [saˈbʊr.ra]

saburra f (genitive saburrae); first declension

1. grit, sand

   • c. 25 BCE, Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, De architectura 8.6:

     vehemens spiritus in aquae ductione solet nasci [...] nisi primum leniter et parce a capite aqua inmittatur et in geniculis aut versuris alligationibus aut pondere saburra contineatur

     flurried wind will trouble the water lest (water) is from its source gently and sparingly issued and at every twist and turn (of the course) bindings and ballast sand are placed

First declension.

• saburrālis
• saburrārius
• saburrō

• saburra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• saburra in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• saburra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette