libella

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lībella, diminutive of libra (balance). Doublet of level.

Noun

libella (plural libellas)

  1. A small balance.
  2. A level, or levelling instrument.

French

Pronunciation

Verb

libella

  1. third-person singular past historic of libeller

Latin

Etymology

From lībra + -la.

Pronunciation

Noun

lībella f (genitive lībellae); first declension

  1. An as (the tenth part of a denarius)
  2. A level (builder's tool)

Usage notes

  • Used to represent a minute portion of money.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lībella lībellae
Genitive lībellae lībellārum
Dative lībellae lībellīs
Accusative lībellam lībellās
Ablative lībellā lībellīs
Vocative lībella lībellae

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Vulgar Latin: *lībellus m

References

  • libella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • libella”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • libella 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)
  • libella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • libella”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • libella”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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