dolabella

Latin

Etymology

From dolābra (“pickaxe”) +‎ -la (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /do.laːˈbel.la/, [d̪ɔɫ̪äːˈbɛlːʲä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /do.laˈbel.la/, [d̪oläˈbɛlːä]

Noun

dolābella f (genitive dolābellae); first declension

Diminutive of dolābra (“pickaxe”): small pickaxe or hatchet

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dolābella	dolābellae
Genitive	dolābellae	dolābellārum
Dative	dolābellae	dolābellīs
Accusative	dolābellam	dolābellās
Ablative	dolābellā	dolābellīs
Vocative	dolābella	dolābellae

References

“dolabella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
dolabella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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