LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

tābum

tābum n (genitive tābī)
Classical[ˈtaː.bũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈtaː.bum]

Meaning

  1. gore or similar putrid, viscous fluid

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetābumtāba
genitivetābītābōrum
dativetābōtābīs
accusativetābumtāba
ablativetābōtābīs
vocativetābumtāba

tābum, i, o, um, n. (
I. masc.: tabum fluentem, Sen. Herc. Oet. 520; cf. Charis. p. 19 P.) [tabes].
I. Lit., corrupt moisture, matter, corruption, putrid gore, etc. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): saxa spargens tabo, sanie et sanguine atro, Enn. ap. Cic. Pis. 19, 43; id. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 414 Vahl.); Verg. A. 3, 29; 3, 626; 8, 487; Ov. M. 2, 760; 6, 646; 14, 190; Hor. Epod. 5, 65; Tac. H. 2, 70.—Gen. tabi, Luc. 6, 547. — *
B. Poet., like sanies, of the liquor of the purple-fish, Stat. S. 1, 2, 125.—
II. Transf., abstr., an infectious disease, a plague, pest, pestilence (very rare): turpi dilapsa cadavera tabo, Verg. G. 3, 557; cf.: corpora affecta tabo, Liv. 4, 30, 4: pallidaque exsangui squalebant corpora tabo, Ov. M. 15, 627: infecit pabula tabo, Verg. G. 3, 481.

Origins

From Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt”). Cognates include Latin tābēs (“a wasting away, disease”), Sanskrit तोय (toya, “water”), Ancient Greek τήκω (tḗkō, “to melt”), τῖφος (tîphos, “pond, swamp”), Old English þawian and English thaw.

Quick answers

What does tābum mean in Latin?
tābum, a noun, means “gore or similar putrid, viscous fluid”.
What is the genitive of tābum?
The genitive singular is tābī. tābum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce tābum?
In classical Latin, [ˈtaː.bũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈtaː.bum].