tripalium

== Latin == === Alternative forms === trepālium === Etymology === From tripālis (“composed of three stakes”) + -ium. Possibly a calque of Byzantine Greek τριπάσσαλον (tripássalon). === Noun === tripālium n (genitive tripāliī); second declension (Late Latin) tentative torture instrument consisting of three stakes ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ==== Old French: travail (“device for detaining horses whilst they are shod or armoured”) French: travail ⇒ English: travois ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *tripāliāre (see there for further descendants) === References === Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “trĭpalium”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 13: To–Tyrus, page 292 === Further reading === "tripalium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)