fustibalus

== Latin == === Etymology === Hybridism, from fūstis (“a stick”) +‎ Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”) +‎ -us. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fuːsˈtɪ.ba.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [fusˈtiː.ba.lus] === Noun === fūstibalus m (genitive fūstibalī); second declension sling-staff Coordinate term: funda (“sling”) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → French: fustibale → Italian: fustibalo === References === “fustibalus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. fustibalus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung “fustibalus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press