LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

repāgulum

repāgulum n (genitive repāgulī)

Meaning

  1. in pluralbolt or bar for a door; restraint, limit

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

lignum quod portās clausās tenet
repāgulum -ī (n) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 5

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Sera · Claustrum · Pessulus · Repagulum · Obex

Seræ and claustra are bolts; sera (seruisse, εἴρειν) a movable bolt, that is put on the door; claustrum, a bolt that is fastened to the door; whereas pessuli, repagula, and obices, are merely bars, which supply the place of bolts; pessulus (πάσσαλος) a smaller bar for the fores, Plaut. Aul. i. 2, 25. Ter. Heaut. ii. 3, 47; whereas repagulum (from πῆξαι), pangere, a greater bar for the valvæ, Cic. Verr. iv. 43. Plin. H. N. xvi. 42, and obex (from objicere) for the portæ, Tac. H. iii. 30. Ann. xiii. 39. (v. 292.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativerepāgulumrepāgula
genitiverepāgulīrepāgulōrum
dativerepāgulōrepāgulīs
accusativerepāgulumrepāgula
ablativerepāgulōrepāgulīs
vocativerepāgulumrepāgula

Origins

From Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (whence pangō). See also pessulus.

Descendants
  • Spanishrepajo
  • Englishrepagulum

Quick answers

What does repāgulum mean in Latin?
repāgulum, a noun, means “bolt or bar for a door; restraint, limit”.
What is the genitive of repāgulum?
The genitive singular is repāgulī. repāgulum is neuter, second declension.