stabulum

See also: Stabulum

Latin

Alternative forms

• stablum (Late Latin, proscribed)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsta.bʊ.ɫũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈstaː.bu.lum]

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).

	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

• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *stabellum
  • → Proto-Brythonic: *ɨstavell
    • Middle Welsh: ystauell
      • Welsh: ystafell, stafell
    • Old Cornish: steuel
      • Cornish: stevel
• Borrowings:
  • → Alemannic German: Stafel
  • → Italian: stabulo, stabula
  • → Portuguese: estábulo

Reflexes of the Late form stablum or of its plural stabla:

• Balkano-Romance: m
  • Romanian: staul, staur
• Italo-Romance: m
  • Italian: stabbio
• Rhaeto-Romance: m
  • Friulian: stabli
  • Romansh: stevel (Puter)
• Gallo-Italic: m
  • Emilian: stabi, stambi
  • Ligurian: stagio
  • Lombard: stabi, stablo (Poschiavo)
  • Piedmontese: stabi, stagg
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Northern:
    • Franco-Provençal: ètrâbllo m, ètrâblle, ètrâblla f
    • Old French: estable f (see there for further descendants)
  • Southern:
    • Catalan: estable m, establa f
    • Occitan: estable m
      • Gascon: establa f
• Ibero-Romance: m
  • Asturian: establu
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: estabro
    • Galician: estrabo
    • Portuguese: estrabo
  • Old Spanish: establo
    • Spanish: establo
• Borrowings:
  • → Koine Greek: στάβλον (stáblon), στάβλος (stáblos), σταῦλον (staûlon), σταῦλος (staûlos) — Medieval (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “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–