patibulum

[Bruce]

What is the meaning of the word "patibulum"?

Is it a heavy beam of lumber carried by the condemned used in a crucifiction?

 

[Graham Mayor]

http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=patibulum

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[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

Know much about using a dictionary, hard copy or online?

: What is the meaning of the word "patibulum"?
:
: Is it a heavy beam of lumber carried by the condemned used in a
crucifiction?

 

[grammatim]

I'll give him a bit of help: it's not in the Eleventh Collegiate. It
is not, however, an interesting enough question for me to get up and
look in the Latin dictionaries or the OED.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&fkt=828&fsdt=4594&q=define:patibulum&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

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[JoAnn Paules]

<snicker!>

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Oh, that *is* cool.

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<snicker!>

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=patibulum

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