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)
Further reading
- strabo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈstra.boː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈst̪raː.bo]
Etymology 1
Adjective
strabō
- 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
- a man or woman with distorted eyes, a cross-eyed person, a person who frequently squints
- (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
References
- “strabo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press