subligaculum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subligāculum.

Noun

subligaculum (plural subligacula)

1. A kind of underwear worn in Ancient Rome.

Related terms

• subligaria

Translations

kind of underwear

• Esperanto: subligakulumo
• French: subligaculum (fr) m
• German: Subligaculum n
• Japanese: スブリガークルム (suburigākurumu)
• Russian: сублига́кулум (subligákulum)

Latin

Alternative forms

• subligar
• subligātūra

Etymology

From subligō (“to tie below”) +‎ -culum, originating from the Proto-Italic *supoleigaklom, from Proto-Indo-European *upóleyǵatlom.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sub.liˈɡaː.ku.lum/, [s̠ʊblʲɪˈɡäːkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sub.liˈɡa.ku.lum/, [subliˈɡäːkulum]

Noun

subligāculum n (genitive subligāculī); second declension

1. waistband, apron
2. loincloth
3. kilt

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	subligāculum	subligācula
Genitive	subligāculī	subligāculōrum
Dative	subligāculō	subligāculīs
Accusative	subligāculum	subligācula
Ablative	subligāculō	subligāculīs
Vocative	subligāculum	subligācula

Related terms

• subligō

References

• “subligaculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “subligaculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• subligaculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “subligaculum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “subligaculum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin