ballux
Latin
Etymology
From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.
Noun
ballūx m (genitive ballūcis); third declension
- gold dust
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ballūx | ballūcēs |
| Genitive | ballūcis | ballūcum |
| Dative | ballūcī | ballūcibus |
| Accusative | ballūcem | ballūcēs |
| Ablative | ballūce | ballūcibus |
| Vocative | ballūx | ballūcēs |
Derived terms
- Galician: baluga
References
- “ballux”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ballux in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- John F. Healy (1999) Pliny the Elder on Science and Technology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, retrieved 27 August 2018, pages 91–92