rabula

See also: rábula

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rabula.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈra.bu.la/
  • Rhymes: -abula
  • Hyphenation: rà‧bu‧la

Noun

rabula m or f by sense (masculine plural rabuli, feminine plural rabule)

  1. pettifogger (unscrupulous lawyer)

Further reading
  • rabula in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From rabiō.

Noun

rabula m (genitive rabulae); first declension

  1. pettifogger (unscrupulous lawyer)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rabula rabulae
Genitive rabulae rabulārum
Dative rabulae rabulīs
Accusative rabulam rabulās
Ablative rabulā rabulīs
Vocative rabula rabulae

Descendants
  • Italian: rabula
  • → Portuguese: rábula (learned)

References
  • “rabula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “rabula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • rabula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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