different between pabulum vs pabulary

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin p?bulum (“food, nourishment; fodder or pasture for animals; nourishment for the mind, food for thought”), from p?(sc?) (“to nourish”) +? -bulum (“suffix denoting an instrument”), or directly from Proto-Indo-European *peh?-d?lom (*peh?- (“to protect, shepherd”) + *-d?lom, variant of *-trom (“suffix denoting a tool or instrument”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pabj?l?m/, /?pabj?l?m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?pæbj?l?m/, /?pæbj?l?m/
• Hyphenation: pa?bu?lum

Noun

pabulum (countable and uncountable, plural pabula or pabulums)

1. Food or fodder, particularly that taken in by plants or animals.
2. Material that feeds a fire.
3. (figuratively) Food for thought.
4. (figuratively) Bland intellectual fare; an undemanding diet of words.

Synonyms

• (bland intellectual fare): pablum

Derived terms

• pabular
• pabulary

Translations

Further reading

• pabulum (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

From p?(sc?) (“I nourish”) +? -bulum, or directly from Proto-Indo-European *peh?-d?lom (*peh?- + *-d?lom).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?pa?.bu.lum/, [?pä?b??????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pa.bu.lum/, [?p??bulum]

Noun

p?bulum n (genitive p?bul?); second declension

1. food, nourishment, sustenance
2. (of animals) fodder, pasture
3. (figuratively) nourishment for the mind, food for thought

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Synonyms

• (food, nourishment): alimentum, alim?nia, alim?nium

Derived terms

• p?bul?ris
• p?bul?rius
• p?bulor
• p?bul?sus

Related terms

• p?bul?ti?
• p?bul?tor
• p?bul?t?rius

Descendants

• Catalan: pàbul
• English: pablum, pabulum
• Galician: poula
• Portuguese: pábulo
• Romanian: plaur
• Spanish: pábulo

References

• pabulum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pabulum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pabulum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• pabulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Adjective

pabulary (comparative more pabulary, superlative most pabulary)

1. Of or pertaining to pabulum or fodder.