different between labella vs libella

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?l?

Noun

labella

1. plural of labellum

Synonyms

• (plural of labellum): labellums

Latin

Noun

labella

1. nominative plural of labellum
2. accusative plural of labellum
3. vocative plural of labellum

References

• labella in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

English

Etymology

Latin, diminutive of libra (“balance”). Doublet of level.

Noun

libella (plural libellas)

1. A small balance.
2. A level, or levelling instrument.

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: libellas, libellât

Verb

libella

1. third-person singular past historic of libeller

Latin

Etymology

From l?bra +? -la.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /li??bel.la/, [li??b?l??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /li?bel.la/, [li?b?l??]

Noun

l?bella f (genitive l?bellae); first declension

1. An as (the tenth part of a denarius)
2. level (builder's tool)

Usage notes

• Used to represent a minute portion of money.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• Vulgar Latin: *l?bellus m
  • Catalan: llivell m (now dialectal)
  • Italian: livello m
  • Old French: livel, nyviel, nevel, nivel m (the probable source of all n- forms via dissimilation)
    • French: niveau m
      • ? Danish: niveau n
      • ? Dutch: niveau n
      • ? German: Niveau n
      • ? Norwegian Bokmål: nivå n
      • ? Romanian: nivel n
      • ? Swedish: nivå c
    • ? Albanian: nivel
    • ? Asturian: nivel m
    • ? Catalan: nivell m
    • ? Cornish: nivel
    • ? Middle English: level
      • English: level
        • ? Japanese: ??? (reberu)
          • ? Korean: ?? (rebel)
    • ? Esperanto: nivelo
    • ? Galician: nivel m
    • ? Ido: nivelo
    • ? Portuguese: nível m
    • ? Romanian: nivel m
    • ? Romansch: nivel, nivo m
    • ? Spanish: nivel m
  • Romansch: livel m
  • Piedmontese: livel m
  • Sicilian: live??a f, live??u m
  • Venetian: ?ive?o m

References

• libella in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• libella in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• libella in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• libella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• libella in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• libella in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin