trabis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →traba, trabae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Latham (Medieval Word List)
- Age:
- Medieval
wood-beam, timber; tree-trunk; ship; table;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - Entry →trabs, trabis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
tree trunk; log, club, spear; beam, timber, rafter; ship, vessel; roof, house;
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl. - Entry →trabes, trabis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
tree-trunk, beam, timber; ship;
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.
Examples
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...Anaxagorae uisum grande insolitumque caelo lumen magnitudine amplae trabis, et id per multos dies fulsisse. Talem effigiem ignis..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...fuisse navium celerrimus, neque ullius natantis impetum trabis nequisse praeterire, sive palmulis opus foret volare sive linteo..."
