stabulum

See also: Stabulum

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *staθlom, a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- with the instrumental suffix *-dʰlom. Surface analysis st(ā) +‎ -bulum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsta.bu.lum/, [ˈs̠t̪äbʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsta.bu.lum/, [ˈst̪äːbulum]

Noun

stabulum n (genitive stabulī); second declension

1. dwelling, habitation
2. stall, stable
3. hut
4. tavern, public house, hostelry
5. brothel

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	stabulum	stabula
Genitive	stabulī	stabulōrum
Dative	stabulō	stabulīs
Accusative	stabulum	stabula
Ablative	stabulō	stabulīs
Vocative	stabulum	stabula

Derived terms

• naustibulum
• stabulō

Descendants

• Late Latin: stablum (see there for further descendants)
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *stabellum
  • → Proto-Brythonic: *ɨstavell
    • Middle Welsh: ystauell
      • Welsh: ystafell, stafell

Borrowings:

• → Alemannic German: Stafel
• → Byzantine Greek: στάβλον (stáblon), στάβλος (stáblos), σταῦλον (staûlon), σταῦλος (staûlos)
  • Greek: στάβλος (stávlos), σταύλος (stávlos)
  • → Arabic: إِصْطَبْل (ʔiṣṭabl) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Aramaic:

    Jewish Literary Aramaic: אצטבלא (ʾiṣṭablā), אסטבלא (ʾisṭablā), אסטוולא (ʾisṭawlā), אסטיולון (ʾisṭayəwlōn)

    Classical Syriac: ܐܨܛܒܠܐ (ʾeṣṭablā), ܐܣܛܒܠܐ (ʾesṭablā), ܐܣܛܒܠܝܢ (ʾesṭablīn), ܐܣܛܒܠܘܢ (ʾesṭablōn)

• → Portuguese: estábulo

References

• “stabulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “stabulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• stabulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “stabulum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “stabulum”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
• “stabulum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “ˀsṭblyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–