trabs or (old) trabēs trabis, f TARC-, a beam, timber, rafter: trabes in muro conlocare, Cs.: longa, O.

—A tree: Silva frequens trabibus, O.: securi Saucia trabs ingens, O.: Lucus trabibus obscurus acernis, V.

—A ship, vessel: abiegna trabes, Enn. ap. C.: Iam mare turbari trabibus . . . videbis, V.: trabe Cypriā secare mare, H.

—A roof-tree, roof, house: sub trabe citreā, H.: sub isdem trabibus, H.