noun · femininefirst declension
taberna
taberna f (genitive tabernae)
Classical[taˈbɛr.na]Ecclesiastical[taˈbɛr.na]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- feminineshop, store
- feminineinn
- femininetavern, saloon
- femininehut, shed
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
parva domus mercātōris, ubi rēs emuntur et venduntur.taberna -ae f — in Mille Verba, Urbs et Aedificia
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Deversorium · Hospitium · Caupona · Taberna · Popina · Ganeum
Deversorium is any house of reception on a journey, whether one’s own property, or that of one’s friends, or of inn-keepers; hospitium, an inn for the reception of strangers; caupona (from καρποῦσθαι?) a tavern kept by a publican. These establishments afford lodging as well as food; whereas tabernæ, popinæ, ganea, only food, like restaurateurs; tabernæ (from trabes?), for the common people, as eating-houses; popinæ (from popa, πέψαι), for gentlefolks and gourmands, like ordinaries; ganea (from ἀγανός?), for voluptuaries. (vi. 101.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | taberna | tabernae |
| genitive | tabernae | tabernārum |
| dative | tabernae | tabernīs |
| accusative | tabernam | tabernās |
| ablative | tabernā | tabernīs |
| vocative | taberna | tabernae |
tăberna, ae, f. root ta (tan); Gr. τείνω, perf. τέτακα; cf.: tabula, tenus,
I. a hut, shed, booth, stall, shop constructed of boards.
I. Hence, in gen., any slight structure used for a dwelling, a hut or cottage (very rare):
tabernae appellatio declarat omne utile ad habitandum aedificium, non ex eo, quod tabulis cluditur, Dig. 50, 16, 183: pauperum tabernae, Hor. C. 1, 4, 13; so, obscurae, id. A. P. 229.—Of stalls in the circus: qui in circo totas tabernas tribulium causā compararunt, Cic. Mur. 35, 73.— II. In partic.
A. Of a merchant, mechanic, taverner, etc., a booth, shop, workshop, stall, inn, tavern (class.):
instructam ei medicinae exercendae causā tabernam dedit, Cic. Clu. 63, 178; cf.: instructam tabernam sic accipiemus, quae et rebus et hominibus ad negotiationem paratis constat, Dig. 50, 16, 185: taberna libraria, i. e. a bookseller's shop, Cic. Phil. 2, 9, 21; so simply taberna, Hor. S. 1, 4, 71; Mart. 1, 118, 10: vinaria, Varr. L. L. 8, § 55 Müll.; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 24: cretaria, unguentaria, Varr. l. l.: casearia, Dig. 8, 5, 8, § 5: argentaria, ib. 18, 1, 32; Liv. 26, 11, 7: purpuraria, Dig. 32, 1, 91: sutrina, Tac. A. 15, 34; cf.: ut Alfenus vafer omni Abjecto instrumento artis clausaque taberna Sutor erat, Hor. S. 1, 3, 131: Liparea, Vulcan's shop, Juv. 13, 45: deversoria, an inn, tavern, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 81; id. Truc. 3, 2, 29; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 23: cauponia, Dig. 33, 7, 13; cf.: cum in eandem tabernam devertissent, Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 14: occlusis tabernis, id. Cat. 4, 8, 17: concursare circum tabernas, id. ib.: occludere tabernas, id. Ac. 2, 47, 144: salax, Cat. 37, 1; cf. Prop. 4 (5), 8, 19. prope Cloacinae ad tabernas, Liv. 3, 48, 5: tabernam exercere, Dig. 33, 7, 15; Suet. Aug. 4: tabernam vel officinam conductam habuit, Dig. 5, 1, 19. — B. Tres Tabernae, the Three Taverns, a place on the Appian Way, near Ulubrae and Forum Appii, Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1; 2, 10; 2, 12, 2; 2, 13, 1; Vulg. Act. 28, 15. —
C. A passage, archway in the circus, Cic. Mur. 35, 73. —
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
taberna ae, f
2 TA-, a rude dwelling, hut, cabin : mors pulsat pauperum tabernas, H.: Migret in obscuras tabernas, H.— A place of business, booth, shop, stall, office : instructa medicinae exercendae causā: libraria, a book-stall : Nulla taberna meos habeat libellos, H.: Nec vicina subest vinum praebere taberna, bar , H.: tabernae argentariae, money-changers' shops , L.: sutrina, Ta.: Liparea, Vulcan's shop , Iu.: Adriae, market , Ct.— An inn, tavern : in tabernam devertere: occlusis tabernis: prope Cloacinae ad tabernas, L.: Tres Tabernae, a hamlet on the Appian Way near Ulubrae.—An archway in the circus .
Origins
By dissimilation from *traberna, from trabs (“tree trunk, beam”) + -rnus, with original meaning "wooden shed".
Ibero-Romance
- Portuguesetabernafrom Old Galician-Portuguese taverna
- Portuguesetavernafrom Old Galician-Portuguese taverna
- Aragonesetabierna
- Asturiantabierna
- Galiciantabernafrom Old Galician-Portuguese taverna
- Old Spanishtabierna
Borrowings
- Englishtaberna
- Spanishtaberna
- Esperantotaverno
- Greekταβέρνα
- Idotaverno
- Swedishtavernafrom Old Swedish taværne
- Proto-Brythonic*taβern
Italo-Romance
- Italiantaverna
Gallo-Romance
- Catalantaverna
- Old Frenchtaverne