galbus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈɡal.bus/, [ˈɡäɫ̪bʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡal.bus/, [ˈɡälbus]
Adjective
[edit]galbus (feminine galba, neuter galbum); first/second-declension adjective (rare)
Declension
[edit]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 | |
Descendants
[edit]- Balkan Romance:
- Istro-Romanian: gåbu
See also
[edit]| albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.) | glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.) | niger, āter, piceus, furvus |
| ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius | rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.) | flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.) |
| galbus, galbinus, lūridus | viridis | prasinus |
| cȳaneus | caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.) | glaucus; līvidus; venetus |
| violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.) | ostrīnus, amethystīnus | purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus |
References
[edit]- “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