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latrunculus
latrunculus
Latin
Noun
lātrunculus m (genitive lātrunculī); second declension
- highwayman, robber.
- a man in the Ancient Roman boardgame of ludus latrunculi, extended to pieces in other games such as chess and draughts.
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
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| nominative | lātrunculus | lātrunculī |
| genitive | lātrunculī | lātrunculōrum |
| dative | lātrunculō | lātrunculīs |
| accusative | lātrunculum | lātrunculōs |
| ablative | lātrunculō | lātrunculīs |
| vocative | lātruncule | lātrunculī |
See also
| Chess pieces in Latin · latrunculi, milites scaccorum (layout · text) | |||||
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| rex | regina | turris | episcopus | eques | pedes |
References
- latrunculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- latrunculus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- LATRUNCULUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “latrunculus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.