bacciballum
Latin
Alternative forms
- basioballum
Etymology
Only attested once in the Satyricon, of uncertain origin and meaning. The most popular theory among scholars is that it is some sort of compound word with bacca.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /bak.kiˈbal.lum/, [bäkːɪˈbälːʲʊ̃ˑ]
Noun
bacciballum n (genitive bacciballī); second declension
- (hapax, colloquial) a young and attractive woman
- c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 61:
- Cum adhuc servirem, habitabamus in vico angusto; nunc Gavillae domus est. Ibi, quomodo dii volunt, amare coepi uxorem Terentii coponis: noveratis Melissam Tarentinam, pulcherrimum bacciballum. Sed ego non mehercules corporaliter aut propter res venerias curavi, sed magis quod benemoria fuit.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bacciballum | bacciballa |
| Genitive | bacciballī | bacciballōrum |
| Dative | bacciballō | bacciballīs |
| Accusative | bacciballum | bacciballa |
| Ablative | bacciballō | bacciballīs |
| Vocative | bacciballum | bacciballa |
References
- “bacciballum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- bacciballum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “bacciballum” in volume 2, column 1667, line 37 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
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