[ˈfɪ.bra], [ˈfiː.bra]
OriginPossibly from *fidber or *findber, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”), whence findō.
- declension-1, femininefibre, filament
- declension-1, feminine, poeticentrails
“victima nūlla litat, magnōsque īnstāre tumultūs
fibra monet […]” — No sacrificial victim gives favorable omens, and the entrails warn
that great conflicts are looming […]
Formsfibrae(genitive) · fibra(nominative, singular) · fibrae(nominative, plural) · fibrae(genitive, singular) · fibrārum(genitive, plural) · fibrae(dative, singular) · fibrīs(dative, plural) · fibram(accusative, singular) · fibrās(accusative, plural) · fibrā(ablative, singular) · fibrīs(ablative, plural) · fibra(singular, vocative) · fibrae(plural, vocative)
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