tribas

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τριβάς (tribás), from τρίβω (tríbō, “to rub”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtrɪ.bas]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪riː.bas]

Noun

tribas f (genitive tribadis); third declension

a lesbian, gay woman, tribade

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	tribas	tribadēs
genitive	tribadis	tribadum
dative	tribadī	tribadibus
accusative	tribadem	tribadēs
ablative	tribade	tribadibus
vocative	tribas	tribadēs

Descendants

→ Dutch: tribade
→ English: tribade, tribadism
French: tribade
Portuguese: tríbade

References

“tribas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“tribas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
tribas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.