glaeba

Latin

Alternative forms

• glēba

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“form into a ball; ball”). Cognate with Latin globus, glomus and Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“mass, lump, clump; clasp”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlae̯.ba/, [ˈɡɫ̪äe̯bä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡle.ba/, [ˈɡlɛːbä]

Noun

glaeba f (genitive glaebae); first declension

1. clod (lump of earth)
2. land, soil
3. lump, mass of stuff

Declension

First-declension noun.

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

Derived terms

• glaebālis
• glaebārius
• glaebatim
• glaebātiō

• glaebōsus
• glaebula
• glaebulentus

Descendants

Descendants of glaeba in other languages

• Catalan: gleva
• Dalmatian: glaiba
• English: glebe
• Galician: leiba, gleba

• Italian: gleba
• Old French: glebe
• Portuguese: leiva, gleba
• Spanish: gleba

References

• “glaeba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “glaeba”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• glaeba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.