galbinus
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown, perhaps from galbanum, but the process is morphologically unclear.
Or, perhaps from the same source as German: gelb.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈɡal.bi.nus/, [ˈɡäɫ̪bɪnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡal.bi.nus/, [ˈɡälbinus]
Adjective
[edit]galbinus (feminine galbina, neuter galbinum); first/second-declension adjective
- greenish-yellow, yellowish, chartreuse
- effeminate
- Synonyms: effēminātus, fēmineus, galbinātus, mollis, sēmifer
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | galbinus | galbina | galbinum | galbinī | galbinae | galbina | |
genitive | galbinī | galbinae | galbinī | galbinōrum | galbinārum | galbinōrum | |
dative | galbinō | galbinae | galbinō | galbinīs | |||
accusative | galbinum | galbinam | galbinum | galbinōs | galbinās | galbina | |
ablative | galbinō | galbinā | galbinō | galbinīs | |||
vocative | galbine | galbina | galbinum | galbinī | galbinae | galbina |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Albanian: gjelbër
- Aromanian: galbin
- Franco-Provençal: jôno
- Old French: jalne, jaune
- Old Lombard: galdo
- Romanian: galben, galbin — popular, galbăn — popular
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 |
Further reading
[edit]- “galbinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- galbinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.