latibulum

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin latibulum (“den of animals; hiding place, refuge”), from lat(eō) (“to conceal, hide, lie hidden; to be hidden and in safety”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (“to be concealed”)) + -bulum (suffix denoting a place or vessel). Doublet of latebra. The plural form latibula is a learned borrowing from Latin latibula. === Pronunciation === Singular: (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ləˈtɪbjʊləm/ Hyphenation: lat‧i‧bu‧lum Plural: (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ləˈtɪbjʊlə/ Hyphenation: lat‧i‧bu‧la === Noun === latibulum (plural latibula) (obsolete) A concealed hiding place, especially of an animal; a burrow, hole, or lair. Synonym: cuniculus Hyponyms: rabbit hole, rabbit warren ==== Related terms ==== latibulize ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === burrow on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Latin == === Etymology === From lateō + -bulum. Doublet of latebra. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫaˈtɪ.bʊ.ɫũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [laˈtiː.bu.lum] === Noun === latibulum n (genitive latibulī); second declension hiding place, refuge den (of animals) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Related terms ==== lateō ==== Descendants ==== → English: latibulum (learned) → Italian: latibolo (learned) → Romanian: latibul (learned) === References === “latibulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “latibulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “latibulum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.