sabanum

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σάβανον (sábanon, linen cloth or towel).

Pronunciation

Noun

sabanum n (genitive sabanī); second declension

  1. A linen cloth for wiping or wrapping up in; towel, napkin.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative sabanum sabana
genitive sabanī sabanōrum
dative sabanō sabanīs
accusative sabanum sabana
ablative sabanō sabanīs
vocative sabanum sabana

Descendants

  • Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (saban)
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: savãa
  • Spanish: sábana (bedsheet)
    • Ladino: savaná

References

  • sabanum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "sabanum", 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)
  • sabanum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.