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): /ˈɡal.bus/, [ˈɡäɫ̪bʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡal.bus/, [ˈɡälbus]
Adjective
galbus (feminine galba, neuter galbum); first/second-declension adjective (rare)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | galbus | galba | galbum | galbī | galbae | galba | |
| Genitive | galbī | galbae | galbī | galbōrum | galbārum | galbōrum | |
| Dative | galbō | galbō | galbīs | ||||
| Accusative | galbum | galbam | galbum | galbōs | galbās | galba | |
| Ablative | galbō | galbā | galbō | galbīs | |||
| Vocative | galbe | galba | galbum | galbī | galbae | galba | |
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[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 266