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Latin

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Etymology

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From sal(iō) (to jump) +‎ -bra, in the sense of "a jolting-place in the road".

Pronunciation

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Noun

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salebra f (genitive salebrae); first declension

  1. rut, irregularity
  2. (of style or speech) roughness

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative salebra salebrae
genitive salebrae salebrārum
dative salebrae salebrīs
accusative salebram salebrās
ablative salebrā salebrīs
vocative salebra salebrae

References

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  • salebra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • salebra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • salebra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • salebra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.