Talk:tabula

RFV discussion: November–December 2020

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tabula

Is tabula itself an English word? I'm not really skeptical about sense 4, but sense 3 at least needs clarifying, as frontal has several distinct senses. I'm having a hard time finding any English usage in Google Books, with it being swamped by purely Latin usages, uses in the titles of Latin works, and the occasional usage of the Latin word in italics.--Prosfilaes (talk) 05:41, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

@Prosfilaes: Zoological sense (easily) cited. J3133 (talk) 11:01, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

I think sense 3 refers to the anatomy sense of frontal. Scholar hit: "Moreover, the tabula cranii is often found loose in the Anthracosauria", but more often seen in Latin text. Vox Sciurorum (talk) 11:08, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

I have cited all of the meanings, plus some others which I added (or split existing definitions into two). I believe the "frontal" is the drapery for an altar. As far as I can see, the anatomy sense is merely a "table-like" structure, which could provide an additional sense if cites were found. I added a few cites on the citations page which could support this, or could refer to more specific definitions (such as the top flat surface of a cut gemstone). Kiwima (talk) 01:35, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Good work. The added citations make a clear-cut case that tabula is an English word in multiple senses. Rauisuchian (talk) 18:00, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 22:12, 7 December 2020 (UTC)