glaeba

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Etymology[edit]

Probably derived somehow from the Proto-Indo-European root *gel- (“form into a ball; ball”) and thereby cognate with globus, glomus, Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“mass, lump, clump; clasp”), Proto-West Germanic *klott (“clod”), Lithuanian glėbti (“to embrace, clasp”), and perhaps Serbo-Croatian glib (“mud”). However, the precise derivations of this form and its cognates are all uncertain.[1] More information at globus.

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Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

glaeba f (genitive glaebae); first declension

  1. clod (lump of earth)
  2. land, soil
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.531:
      “terra antīqua, potēns armīs atque ūbere glaebae”
      “[Hesperia, i.e., Italy:] an ancient land, strong in war, and also rich with fertile soils.”
  3. lump, mass of stuff

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative glaeba glaebae
Genitive glaebae glaebārum
Dative glaebae glaebīs
Accusative glaebam glaebās
Ablative glaebā glaebīs
Vocative glaeba glaebae

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References[edit]

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “glēba”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 264
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