strabo

See also: Strabo

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin strabus, from Ancient Greek στραβός (strabós). Doublet of strambo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstra.bo/
  • Rhymes: -abo
  • Hyphenation: strà‧bo

Adjective

strabo (feminine straba, masculine plural strabi, feminine plural strabe)

  1. (rare or regional) synonym of strabico

Further reading

  • strabo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

strabō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of strabus

Etymology 2

From strabus (distorted, squinting) +‎ -o (forming related nouns), from Ancient Greek στρᾰβός (străbós).

Noun

strabō m (genitive strabōnis); third declension

  1. a man or woman with distorted eyes, a cross-eyed person, a person who frequently squints
  2. (figurative) a jealous person
Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative strabō strabōnēs
genitive strabōnis strabōnum
dative strabōnī strabōnibus
accusative strabōnem strabōnēs
ablative strabōne strabōnibus
vocative strabō strabōnēs
Derived terms

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