subula

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *syuh₁-dʰleh₂, which consists of the root *syuh₁- (“sew”) and the suffix *-dʰlom (“tool suffix”). This becomes the Latin derivation suō (“to sew”) +‎ -bula. Cognate to Russian шило (šilo, “awl”) and Czech šídlo (“awl”), and to Proto-Germanic *siwjaną (“to sew”).

Noun

sūbula f (genitive sūbulae); first declension

1. shoemaker's awl

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sūbula	sūbulae
Genitive	sūbulae	sūbulārum
Dative	sūbulae	sūbulīs
Accusative	sūbulam	sūbulās
Ablative	sūbulā	sūbulīs
Vocative	sūbula	sūbulae

Related terms

• insūbulum
• sūbulātus

Descendants

• Aromanian: sulã
• Catalan (Algherese): sula
• Galician: subela (via diminutive *sūbella)
• Italian: subbia (“chisel”)
• Portuguese: sovela
• Romanian: sulă
• Spanish: subilla (via diminutive *sūbella)
• Venetian: sùbia
• → Greek: σούβλα f (soúvla, “spit”)

References

• “subula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• subula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• subula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 600