imbrex

== English == === Etymology === From Latin imbrex. === Noun === imbrex (plural imbrices) (archaeology) A roof tile common in Ancient Greek and Roman architecture, used in an overlapping formation with the tegula. ==== Further reading ==== Imbrex and tegula on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Latin == === Etymology === From imber. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɪm.brɛks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈim.breks] === Noun === imbrex f or m (genitive imbricis); third declension (architecture, roofing, chiefly in the plural) imbrex, pantile: a curved roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the larger, heavier and flat tegula Coordinate term: tēgula (transferred senses), of things shaped like a pantile: a gutter, a trough for watering beasts Synonyms: canālis, alveus ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== imbricō ==== Descendants ==== → English: imbrex (learned) → French: imbrex (learned) Italian: embrice === References === “imbrex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “imbrex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “imbrex”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.