"cribrum" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [ˈkriː.brũː] [Classical-Latin], [ˈkriː.brum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *kreiðrom, from Proto-Indo-European *kréydʰrom, from the root *krey- (“to sieve, pick out, separate”) + *-dʰrom (suffix denoting an inanimate agent/instrument); equivalent to cernō (“to sift, separate”) + -brum. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *hrīdrą, *hrīdrǭ, Old Welsh cruitr (> Welsh crwydr), Old Irish críathar. Etymology templates: {{der|la|itc-pro|*kreiðrom}} Proto-Italic *kreiðrom, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*kréydʰrom}} Proto-Indo-European *kréydʰrom, {{suf|ine-pro|*krey-|*-dʰrom|nocat=1|pos2=suffix denoting an inanimate agent/instrument|t1=to sieve, pick out, separate}} *krey- (“to sieve, pick out, separate”) + *-dʰrom (suffix denoting an inanimate agent/instrument), {{suffix|la|cerno|brum|alt1=cernō|gloss1=to sift, separate}} cernō (“to sift, separate”) + -brum, {{cog|gem-pro|*hrīdrą}} Proto-Germanic *hrīdrą, {{cog|owl|cruitr}} Old Welsh cruitr, {{cog|cy|crwydr}} Welsh crwydr, {{cog|sga|críathar}} Old Irish críathar Head templates: {{la-noun|crībrum<2>}} crībrum n (genitive crībrī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|crībrum<2>}} Forms: crībrum [canonical, neuter], crībrī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], crībrum [nominative, singular], crībra [nominative, plural], crībrī [genitive, singular], crībrōrum [genitive, plural], crībrō [dative, singular], crībrīs [dative, plural], crībrum [accusative, singular], crībra [accusative, plural], crībrō [ablative, singular], crībrīs [ablative, plural], crībrum [singular, vocative], crībra [plural, vocative]
  1. sieve, riddle, winnow Tags: declension-2 Derived forms: crībellō, crībellum, crībrō Related terms: cernō
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      "lang_code": "rup",
      "word": "tsir"
    },
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      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "crible"
    },
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "cribo"
    },
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "crivo"
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      "lang_code": "it",
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      ],
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    },
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      "lang_code": "it",
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    },
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      "lang_code": "pt",
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      "word": "ciur"
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      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "crivu"
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      "lang_code": "es",
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      "name": "cog"
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        "1": "sga",
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        "table-tags"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crībrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crībra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crībrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crībrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crībrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crībra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
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    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "crībrum<2>"
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "crībrum<2>"
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      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [],
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          "parents": [],
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          "word": "crībellō"
        },
        {
          "word": "crībellum"
        },
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          "word": "crībrō"
        }
      ],
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        "sieve, riddle, winnow"
      ],
      "id": "en-cribrum-la-noun-Sw~DkZp8",
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        [
          "sieve",
          "sieve"
        ],
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          "riddle",
          "riddle#Etymology 2"
        ],
        [
          "winnow",
          "winnow"
        ]
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        {
          "word": "cernō"
        }
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      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "[ˈkriː.brũː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkriː.brum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cribrum"
}
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    {
      "word": "crībellō"
    },
    {
      "word": "crībellum"
    },
    {
      "word": "crībrō"
    }
  ],
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      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "lang_code": "rup",
      "word": "tsir"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "crible"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "cribo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "crivo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "crivello"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "cribro"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "crivo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "ciur"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "crivu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "cribo"
    }
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      "name": "der"
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        "1": "la",
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        "3": "brum",
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      "args": {
        "1": "owl",
        "2": "cruitr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Welsh cruitr",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "crwydr"
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      "name": "cog"
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        "1": "sga",
        "2": "críathar"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "form": "crībrum",
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        "canonical",
        "neuter"
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    },
    {
      "form": "crībrī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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    },
    {
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        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "crībrum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "crībra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "crībrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crībrōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crībrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crībrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crībra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "crībrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crībrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crībrum",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "crībra",
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        "plural",
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        "1": "crībrum<2>"
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  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
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      "word": "cernō"
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        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
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        "Latin neuter nouns",
        "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin second declension nouns",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms suffixed with -brum",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sieve, riddle, winnow"
      ],
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          "sieve",
          "sieve"
        ],
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          "riddle",
          "riddle#Etymology 2"
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          "winnow"
        ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkriː.brũː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkriː.brum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cribrum"
}

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