glaebula
Latin
Alternative forms
- glēbula
Etymology
From glaeba (“clod of earth”) + -ula (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡlae̯.bu.la/, [ˈɡɫ̪äe̯bʊɫ̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡle.bu.la/, [ˈɡlɛːbulä]
Noun
glaebula f (genitive glaebulae); first declension
- a small clod, a little lump (usually of soil)
- (by extension) a small plot of land, a little farm
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | glaebula | glaebulae |
| Genitive | glaebulae | glaebulārum |
| Dative | glaebulae | glaebulīs |
| Accusative | glaebulam | glaebulās |
| Ablative | glaebulā | glaebulīs |
| Vocative | glaebula | glaebulae |
Descendants
- Angevin: louâbre ⇒ louâbreux, louâbru, louâbrer
- Corsican: ghielba, ghierba
- Sardinian: leura (Campidanese)
- → English: glaebule
References
- “glaebula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “glaebula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “glaebula”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 152