rabula

See also: rábula

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rabula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.bu.la/
• Rhymes: -abula
• Hyphenation: rà‧bu‧la

Noun

rabula m or f by sense (masculine plural rabuli, feminine plural rabule)

1. pettifogger (unscrupulous lawyer)

Further reading

• rabula in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From rabiō.

Noun

rabula m (genitive rabulae); first declension

1. pettifogger (unscrupulous lawyer)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rabula	rabulae
Genitive	rabulae	rabulārum
Dative	rabulae	rabulīs
Accusative	rabulam	rabulās
Ablative	rabulā	rabulīs
Vocative	rabula	rabulae

Related terms

• rabulatus
• Rabulēius

Descendants

• Italian: rabula
• → Portuguese: rábula (learned)

References

• “rabula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “rabula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• rabula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.