thuribulum

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From thū(ri) +‎ -bulum.

Pronunciation

Noun

thūribulum n (genitive thūribulī); second declension

  1. a censer (a vessel to burn incense in)
    • 70 BCE, Cicero, In Verrem 2.4.46:
      Num etiam de L. Papinio, viro primario, locupleti honestoque equite Romano, turibulum emisti?
      Did you also buy that censer of Lucius Papilius, a man of the high reputation, wealth, and honour, and a Roman knight?

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative thūribulum thūribula
genitive thūribulī thūribulōrum
dative thūribulō thūribulīs
accusative thūribulum thūribula
ablative thūribulō thūribulīs
vocative thūribulum thūribula

Descendants

  • Italian: turibulo
  • → English: thurible
  • ⇒ Galician: tiraboleiro

References

  • “thuribulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "thuribulum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
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