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語源

From latrō, latrōnis (“thief”) +‎ -culus.

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /laˈtrun.ku.lus/, [ɫ̪äˈt̪rʊŋkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /laˈtrun.ku.lus/, [läˈt̪ruŋkulus]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /latˈrun.ku.lus/, [ɫ̪ät̪ˈrʊŋkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /latˈrun.ku.lus/, [lät̪ˈruŋkulus]

名詞

latrunculus m (genitive latrunculī); second declension

1. highwayman, robber.

   Synonyms: praedō, latrō, vargus

2. a man in the Ancient Roman boardgame of ludus latrunculorum, extended to pieces in other games such as chess and draughts.

語形変化

Second-declension noun.

参考

Chess pieces in Latin · latrunculi, milites scaccorum (layout · text)
rex	regina	turris	episcopus	eques	pedes

Further reading

Ludus latrunculorum on Wikipedia.

参照

• “latrunculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “latrunculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• latrunculus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius かつ others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• latrunculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette