glaber

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *ɣlaðros, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰleh₂dʰ-.[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡla.ber/, [ˈɡɫ̪äbɛr]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡla.ber/, [ˈɡläːber]

Adjective

glaber (feminine glabra, neuter glabrum, superlative glaberrimus); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

smooth
hairless

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	glaber	glabra	glabrum	glabrī	glabrae	glabra
Genitive	glabrī	glabrae	glabrī	glabrōrum	glabrārum	glabrōrum
Dative	glabrō	glabrae	glabrō	glabrīs
Accusative	glabrum	glabram	glabrum	glabrōs	glabrās	glabra
Ablative	glabrō	glabrā	glabrō	glabrīs
Vocative	glaber	glabra	glabrum	glabrī	glabrae	glabra

Antonyms

(hairless): pūbēscēns

Derived terms

glabrō

Descendants

English: glabrous
French: glabre
Italian: glabro
Portuguese: glabro
Romanian: glabru
Spanish: glabro

References

“glaber”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“glaber”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
glaber in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Friedrich Kluge (1989), “glatt”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

[1] Friedrich Kluge (1989), “glatt”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN