simbella

Latin

Etymology

Contraction of sēmilībella, from sēmi- (“half”) +‎ lībella (“kind of coin”). Compare sinciput.

Pronunciation

Noun

simbella f (genitive simbellae); first declension

  1. A half libella.

Usage notes
  • Older dictionaries give the form sēmbella,[1][2] but this is not apparently attested.[3]

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative simbella simbellae
Genitive simbellae simbellārum
Dative simbellae simbellīs
Accusative simbellam simbellās
Ablative simbellā simbellīs
Vocative simbella simbellae

References
  1. “simbella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  2. simbella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  3. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lībra”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 339
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