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) IPA(key): /ˈɡal.bus/, [ˈɡäɫ̪bʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡal.bus/, [ˈɡälbus]
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 | |
See also
| candidus, albus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus | rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.) | āter, niger, piceus |
| pūniceus, murrinus, rūfus, ruber, russus, rūbrīcus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius | rutilus, armeniacus, auranteus, aurantiacus; fuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx | gilvus, helvus, fulvus, flāvus, croceus, pallidus, lūteus, blondinus (ML.) |
| galbus, galbinus, lūridus | viridis | prasinus |
| cȳaneus | caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), blavus (ML.) | glaucus; līvidus; venetus |
| violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.) | ostrīnus, amethystīnus | purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus |
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 (in French), with additions and corrections of Jacques André, 4th edition, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 266
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