subligaculum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subligāculum.

Noun

subligaculum (plural subligacula)

  1. (Ancient Rome) A kind of underwear worn in Ancient Rome.

Translations

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From subligō (to tie below) +‎ -culum, equivalent to sub- +‎ ligō +‎ -culum.

Pronunciation

Noun

subligāculum n (genitive subligāculī); second declension

  1. waistband, apron
  2. loincloth
  3. kilt

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative subligāculum subligācula
genitive subligāculī subligāculōrum
dative subligāculō subligāculīs
accusative subligāculum subligācula
ablative subligāculō subligāculīs
vocative subligāculum subligācula

References

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