imbrex
English
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Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]imbrex (plural imbrices)
- (archaeology) A roof tile common in Ancient Greek and Roman architecture, used in an overlapping formation with the tegula.
Further reading
[edit]Imbrex and tegula on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From imber.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈim.breks/, [ˈɪmbrɛks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈim.breks/, [ˈimbreks]
Noun
[edit]imbrex f or m (genitive imbricis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | imbrex | imbricēs |
| genitive | imbricis | imbricum |
| dative | imbricī | imbricibus |
| accusative | imbricem | imbricēs |
| ablative | imbrice | imbricibus |
| vocative | imbrex | imbricēs |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Italian: embrice
References
[edit]- “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.
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