galbus

Latin

Etymology

Unknown, attested only in remote loci, which begin with the Imperial era, so suggested as a borrowing, but there is no similar enough etymon. Perhaps back-formed from galbinus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡaɫ.bʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɡal.bus]

Adjective

galbus (feminine galba, neuter galbum); first/second-declension adjective (rare)

1. yellow, chartreuse

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	galbus	galba	galbum		galbī	galbae	galba
genitive	galbī	galbae	galbī		galbōrum	galbārum	galbōrum
dative	galbō	galbae	galbō		galbīs
accusative	galbum	galbam	galbum		galbōs	galbās	galba
ablative	galbō	galbā	galbō		galbīs
vocative	galbe	galba	galbum		galbī	galbae	galba

Derived terms

• galbulus

Descendants

• Balkano-Romance:
  • Istro-Romanian: gåbu
• ⇒ Late Latin: galbulus, galbula (avis)
  • Italian: galbero, gravolo, graolo, gaulo, golo, gobolo (Lucca), → galbula
  • Neapolitan: gravulu (Calabrian)
  • Romagnol: gravolo
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *aurigalbulus
    • Italian: rigogolo (merged with "galgulus"), regabio (Emilian)
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *grabulus (metathesis and dissimilation)
    • Italian: grallo

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)

albus, candidus, cānus, marmoreus (poetic), eburneus (poetic), niveus (poetic), argenteus (poetic), lacteus (poetic)	rāvus, pullus, mūrīnus (of livestock)	niger, āter, furvus, fuscus ("swarthy"), piceus (poetic)
ruber, russus, rūbidus (dark), flammeus (poetic); rutilus, pūniceus, spādīx (poetic), sanguineus (poetic)	rūfus, rutilus, rōbus (of oxen), croceus (poetic), aureus (poetic); fulvus (poetic), niger (of eyes), badius (of horses)	lūteus, flāvus ("blond"), lūridus, gilvus (of horses), helvus (of cattle); cēreus (poetic)
viridis, flāvus (poetic)	viridis, herbeus (of eyes), fulvus (poetic)	viridis, glaucus (poetic), caeruleus (poetic, only dark)
	glaucus (poetic), caeruleus, caesius (of eyes)	caeruleus, līvidus, ferrūgineus (poetic), glaucus (poetic)
violāceus	purpureus (underlying shade)	roseus

References

• “galbus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “galbus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (1985), “galbus”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 266