What does gabalus mean in Latin?

gabalus, a noun, means “a gallows, gibbet; a cross (instrument of torture); a fork (instrument of torture)”.

What is the genitive of gabalus?

The genitive singular is gabalī. gabalus is masculine, second declension.

In classical Latin, [ˈɡa.ba.ɫʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈɡaː.ba.lus].

noun · masculinesecond declension

gabalus m (genitive gabalī)

Classical[ˈɡa.ba.ɫʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈɡaː.ba.lus]

gābălus, i, m. an old Germ. word, i. q. the modern Gabel (fork); hence, as an instrument of punishment,

I. a kind of gallows (syn.: furca, patibulum, crux).

I. Lit.: in gabalum aliquem suffigere, Varr. ap. Non. 117, 15.—*

II. Transf., as a term of reproach, gallows-bird, hang-dog, Macrin. ap. Capit. Macrin. 11.

From Gaulish gabalos, from Proto-Celtic *gablā (“fork, forked branch”).

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