English

Noun

patibulum ‎(plural patibulums)

1. The crossbar of a cross used for crucifixion

Latin

Etymology

From pate(ō) ‎(“I open, I fork”) +‎ -bulum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /paˈti.bu.lum/, [paˈtɪ.bʊ.ɫũ]

Noun

patibulum n ‎(genitive patibulī); second declension

1. fork-shaped yoke or gibbet (for criminals)

Second declension.

References

• patibulum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• patibulum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PATIBULUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “patibulum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• patibulum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• patibulum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin