LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

vēnābulum

vēnābulum n (genitive vēnābulī)
Classical[weːˈnaː.bʊ.ɫũː]Ecclesiastical[veˈnaː.bu.lum]

Meaning

  1. hunting-spear

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

hasta vēnātōris
venābulum -ī (n) — in Epistulae, ch. 2

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevēnābulumvēnābula
genitivevēnābulīvēnābulōrum
dativevēnābulōvēnābulīs
accusativevēnābulumvēnābula
ablativevēnābulōvēnābulīs
vocativevēnābulumvēnābula

vēnābŭlum, i, n. venor,
I. a huntingspear.
I. Lit., Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 3; Verg. A. 4, 131; Ov. H. 4, 83; id. M. 8, 419; 8, 404; 9, 205; 10, 713; 12, 453; Mart. 14, 31, 1.—
II. Transf.: sagittarum, large spear-like arrows, for killing elephants, Plin. 8, 8, 8, § 26.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Latin -bulum Latin vēnābulum From vēn(ā) (“to hunt”) + -bulum.

Descendants
  • Spanishvenablofrom Old Spanish venavlo
  • Italianvenabulo

Quick answers

What does vēnābulum mean in Latin?
vēnābulum, a noun, means “hunting-spear”.
What is the genitive of vēnābulum?
The genitive singular is vēnābulī. vēnābulum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce vēnābulum?
In classical Latin, [weːˈnaː.bʊ.ɫũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [veˈnaː.bu.lum].