postilena

Latin

FWOTD – 21 August 2018

Etymology

post- +‎ habēna.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /pos.tiˈleː.na/, [pɔs̠t̪ɪˈɫ̪eːnä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pos.tiˈle.na/, [post̪iˈlɛːnä]

Noun

postilēna f (genitive postilēnae); first declension

crupper (contrivance to keep a saddle from sliding forward)
Antonym: antilēna
- c. 180 BCE, Plautus, Casina 124–125:
  Ita te aggerunda curvom aqua faciam probe
  ut postilena possit ex te fieri.
  I’ll make you so thoroughly bent with carrying water that a crupper might be manufactured out of you.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	postilēna	postilēnae
Genitive	postilēnae	postilēnārum
Dative	postilēnae	postilēnīs
Accusative	postilēnam	postilēnās
Ablative	postilēnā	postilēnīs
Vocative	postilēna	postilēnae

Descendants

Italian: pósola, posolina
Sicilian: pistulena
Venetian: pósena

References

postilena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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