gibbus

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *geybʰ- (“bowed, curved, crooked, skew”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡib.bus/, [ˈɡɪb.bʊs]

Adjective

gibbus (feminine gibba, neuter gibbum); first/second declension

  1. humped, hunched, gibbous

Inflection

First/second declension.

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

Alternative forms
  • gimbus, gilbus, gipus, gybbus, gybpys

Descendants

Noun

gibbus m (genitive gibbī); second declension

  1. a hump, hunch on the back

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gibbus gibbī
Genitive gibbī gibbōrum
Dative gibbō gibbīs
Accusative gibbum gibbōs
Ablative gibbō gibbīs
Vocative gibbe gibbī

Alternative forms
  • gibus, gippus, gilbus, gipus

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Descendants

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
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