cribrum

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kreiðrom, from Proto-Indo-European *kréydʰrom, from the root *krey- (“to sieve, pick out, separate”) +‎ *-dʰrom (suffix denoting an inanimate agent/instrument); equivalent to cernō (“to sift, separate”) +‎ -brum. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *hrīdrą, *hrīdrǭ, Old Welsh cruitr (> Welsh crwydr), Old Irish críathar.

Pronunciation

Noun

crībrum n (genitive crībrī); second declension

  1. sieve, riddle, winnow

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative crībrum crībra
Genitive crībrī crībrōrum
Dative crībrō crībrīs
Accusative crībrum crībra
Ablative crībrō crībrīs
Vocative crībrum crībra

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Aromanian: tsir
  • French: crible
  • Galician: cribo
  • Italian: crivo
  • → Italian: cribro
  • Portuguese: crivo
  • Romanian: ciur
  • Sicilian: crivu
  • Spanish: cribo

References
  • “cribrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “cribrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cribrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “cribrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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