latrunculus
Latin
Etymology
From latrō, latrōnis (“thief”) + -culus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫaˈtrʊŋ.kʊ.ɫʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [laˈt̪ruŋ.ku.lus]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫatˈrʊŋ.kʊ.ɫʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [lat̪ˈruŋ.ku.lus]
Noun
latrunculus m (genitive latrunculī); second declension
- highwayman, robber.
- a man in the Ancient Roman boardgame of ludus latrunculorum, extended to pieces in other games such as chess and draughts.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | latrunculus | latrunculī |
| genitive | latrunculī | latrunculōrum |
| dative | latrunculō | latrunculīs |
| accusative | latrunculum | latrunculōs |
| ablative | latrunculō | latrunculīs |
| vocative | latruncule | latrunculī |
See also
| Chess pieces in Latin · latrunculī, mīlitēs scaccōrum (layout · text) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rēx | rēgīna | turris | sagittifer | eques | pedes |
References
- “latrunculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “latrunculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "latrunculus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- latrunculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Further reading
Ludus latrunculorum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia