English

Noun

libella ‎(plural libellas)

1. A small balance.
2. A level, or levelling instrument.

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: libellas, libellât

Verb

libella

1. third-person singular past historic of libeller

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of libra

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /liːˈbel.la/

Noun

lībella f ‎(genitive lībellae); first declension

1. An as (the tenth part of a denarius)
2. level (builder's tool)

Usage notes

• Used to represent a minute portion of money.

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• Albanian: nivel
• Catalan: nivell
• Danish: niveau
• Dutch: niveau
• English: level
• Esperanto: nivelo
• French: niveau
• Galician: nivel
• German: Niveau
• Ido: nivelo
• Italian: livello
• Norwegian: nivå
• Portuguese: nível
• Romanian: nivel
• Romansch: nivel, livel, nivo
• Spanish: nivel
• Swedish: nivå
• Venetian: łiveło

References

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