gibbus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *geybʰ- (“bowed, curved, crooked, skew”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈɡib.bus/, [ˈɡɪbːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒib.bus/, [ˈd͡ʒibːus]
Adjective
gibbus (feminine gibba, neuter gibbum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | gibbus | gibba | gibbum | gibbī | gibbae | gibba | |
Genitive | gibbī | gibbae | gibbī | gibbōrum | gibbārum | gibbōrum | |
Dative | gibbō | gibbō | gibbīs | ||||
Accusative | gibbum | gibbam | gibbum | gibbōs | gibbās | gibba | |
Ablative | gibbō | gibbā | gibbō | gibbīs | |||
Vocative | gibbe | gibba | gibbum | gibbī | gibbae | gibba |
Descendants
- English: gibbous
Noun
gibbus m (genitive gibbī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | gibbus | gibbī |
Genitive | gibbī | gibbōrum |
Dative | gibbō | gibbīs |
Accusative | gibbum | gibbōs |
Ablative | gibbō | gibbīs |
Vocative | gibbe | gibbī |
Derived terms
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Related terms
References
- “gibbus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “gibbus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- gibbus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.