ballux

Latin

Etymology

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Noun

ballūx m (genitive ballūcis); third declension

  1. gold dust

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ballūx ballūcēs
Genitive ballūcis ballūcum
Dative ballūcī ballūcibus
Accusative ballūcem ballūcēs
Ablative ballūce ballūcibus
Vocative ballūx ballūcēs

Derived terms
  • Galician: baluga

References
  • “ballux”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ballux in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • John F. Healy (1999) Pliny the Elder on Science and Technology‎, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, retrieved 27 August 2018, pages 91–92
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