cribrum

Latin

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.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkriː.brum/, [ˈkriːbrʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkri.brum/, [ˈkriːbrum]

Noun

crībrum n (genitive crībrī); second declension

1. sieve, riddle, winnow

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	crībrum	crībra
Genitive	crībrī	crībrōrum
Dative	crībrō	crībrīs
Accusative	crībrum	crībra
Ablative	crībrō	crībrīs
Vocative	crībrum	crībra

Derived terms

• crībellō
• crībellum
• crībrō

Related terms

• cernō

Descendants

• Aromanian: tsir
• French: crible
• Galician: cribo
• Italian: crivo
• → Italian: cribro
• Portuguese: crivo
• Romanian: ciur
• Sicilian: crivu
• Spanish: cribo

References

• “cribrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cribrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cribrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “cribrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers