dureta

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps of Hispano-Celtic origin, following Suetonius. The connection to Ancient Greek δροίτη (droítē, “bathtub, cradle”) is distant.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

dureta f (genitive duretae); first declension

  1. A wooden bathtub

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dureta duretae
Genitive duretae duretārum
Dative duretae duretīs
Accusative duretam duretās
Ablative duretā duretīs
Vocative dureta duretae

References
  • “dureta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dureta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “dureta”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎ (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 188/2
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