English

Noun

taberna ‎(plural tabernas)

1. A type of shop in Ancient Rome
2. A tavern in Spain

Anagrams

• ant bear, antbear

Latin

Etymology

By dissimilation from *traberna, from trabs.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /taˈber.na/

Noun

taberna f ‎(genitive tabernae); first declension

1. shop, inn
2. tavern
3. hut, shed
4. vocative singular of taberna

tabernā f

1. ablative singular of taberna

Usage notes

A taberna can be a shop where goods are sold. An officīna is a shop where goods are manufactured. It is possible for a single shop to be both a taberna and an officīna.

Inflection

First declension.

Quotations

• 44 BC, Cicero, Philippicae, liber 2, 21:

  ...nisi se ille in scalas tabernae librariae coniecisset...

  ...if he had not thrown himself up the stairs of a bookseller's shop...

• 533, Justinian I, Digesta seu Pandectae, liber 50, 16:183:

  Tabernae appellatio declarat omne utile ad habitandum aedificium... quod tabulis clauditur.

  The name "tabernae" indicates every building used for habitation... which is enclosed by boards.

Derived terms

• contubernālis
• contubernium
• tabernāculārius
• tabernāculum
• tabernārius
• tabernula

Descendants

References

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• taverna

Etymology

From Old Portuguese taverna, from Latin taberna ‎(“inn, tavern, shop”), by dissimilation from *traberna, from trabs.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐˈβɛɾnɐ/

Noun

taberna f (plural tabernas)

1. pub, tavern

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin taberna ‎(“inn, tavern, shop”).

Noun

taberna f ‎(plural tabernas)

1. pub, tavern