bulbus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).
Noun
bulbus m (genitive bulbī); second declension
- bulb (especially an edible bulb such as the onion)
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bulbus | bulbī |
| Genitive | bulbī | bulbōrum |
| Dative | bulbō | bulbīs |
| Accusative | bulbum | bulbōs |
| Ablative | bulbō | bulbīs |
| Vocative | bulbe | bulbī |
Derived terms
- bulbāceus
- bulbātiō
- bulbōsus
- bulbulus
Descendants
References
- bulbus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- bulbus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- bulbus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- bulbus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- bulbus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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