subula

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *syuh₁-dʰleh₂, which consists of the root *syuh₁- (“sew”) and the suffix *-dʰlom (“tool suffix”). This becomes the Latin derivation suō (“to sew”) +‎ -bula. Cognate to Russian шило (šilo, “awl”) and Czech šídlo (“awl”), and to Proto-Germanic *siwjaną (“to sew”).

Noun

sūbula f (genitive sūbulae); first declension

  1. shoemaker's awl

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sūbula sūbulae
Genitive sūbulae sūbulārum
Dative sūbulae sūbulīs
Accusative sūbulam sūbulās
Ablative sūbulā sūbulīs
Vocative sūbula sūbulae

Descendants
  • Aromanian: sulã
  • Catalan (Algherese): sula
  • Galician: subela (via diminutive *sūbella)
  • Italian: subbia (“chisel”)
  • Portuguese: sovela
  • Romanian: sulă
  • Spanish: subilla (via diminutive *sūbella)
  • Venetian: sùbia
  • → Greek: σούβλα f (soúvla, “spit”)

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