galbulus

English

Etymology

Latin galbulus (“cypress cone”).

Pronunciation

enPR: gälʹbjo͞olo͝os

Noun

galbulus (plural galbuli)

  1. A fleshy seed-producing cone of junipers and cypresses

See also

References
  • Hart, G.T. 2011. Plants in Literature and Life: a wide-ranging dictionary of botanical terms. FriesenPress, Victoria, Canada. xv, 465.

Latin

Etymology

From galbus.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡal.bu.lus/, [ˈɡaɫ.bʊ.ɫʊs]

Noun

galbulus m (genitive galbulī); second declension

  1. The nut of the cypress tree

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative galbulus galbulī
Genitive galbulī galbulōrum
Dative galbulō galbulīs
Accusative galbulum galbulōs
Ablative galbulō galbulīs
Vocative galbule galbulī

References
  • galbulus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • galbulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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