noun · femininefirst declension
cumba
cumba f (genitive cumbae)
Classical[ˈkʊm.ba]Ecclesiastical[ˈkum.ba]
Meaning
- Medieval Latinfemininevalley
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
parva nāviscumba -ae (f) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 2
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cumba | cumbae |
| genitive | cumbae | cumbārum |
| dative | cumbae | cumbīs |
| accusative | cumbam | cumbās |
| ablative | cumbā | cumbīs |
| vocative | cumba | cumbae |
cumba, ae, v. cymba.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
cumba or cymba ae, f
, κύμβη, a boat, skiff, vessel, C., V., O., lu.—Esp., the boat in which Charon transported the dead, H.: ferruginea, V.— Fig.: Non est ingenii cymba gravanda tni, i. e. meddle not with themes above your powers, Pr.
Origins
- Proto-Celtic*kumbā
- Latincumba
Gaulish *cumbabor. Latin cumba Borrowed from Gaulish *cumba, from Proto-Celtic *kumbā.
Elsewhere
- Catalancoma
- Italiancomba
- Frenchcombefrom Old French cumbe
- Occitancombafrom Old Occitan comba
- Spanishcomba
- Aragonesecoma
- Aragonesecumo
- Aragonesecomo
- Piedmontesecomba
Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguesecomba
- Galiciancomba
Old Leonese
- Asturiancomba