galbus

Latin

Etymology

Unknown, attested only in remote loci, which begin with the Imperial era, so suggested as a borrowing, but there is no similar enough etymon. Perhaps back-formed from galbinus.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡaɫ.bʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɡal.bus]

Adjective

galbus (feminine galba, neuter galbum); first/second-declension adjective (rare)

yellow, chartreuse

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	galbus	galba	galbum	galbī	galbae	galba
genitive	galbī	galbae	galbī	galbōrum	galbārum	galbōrum
dative	galbō	galbae	galbō	galbīs
accusative	galbum	galbam	galbum	galbōs	galbās	galba
ablative	galbō	galbā	galbō	galbīs
vocative	galbe	galba	galbum	galbī	galbae	galba

Derived terms

galbulus

Descendants

Balkano-Romance:
- Istro-Romanian: gåbu
⇒ Late Latin: galbulus, galbula (avis)
- Italian: galbero, gravolo, graolo, gaulo, golo, gobolo (Lucca), → galbula
- Neapolitan: gravulu (Calabrian)
- Romagnol: gravolo
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *aurigalbulus
  - Italian: rigogolo (merged with "galgulus"), regabio (Emilian)
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *grabulus (metathesis and dissimilation)
  - Italian: grallo

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)	glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.)	niger, āter, piceus, furvus
ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius	rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.)	flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.)
galbus, galbinus, lūridus	viridis	prasinus
cȳaneus	caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.)	glaucus; līvidus; venetus
violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)	ostrīnus, amethystīnus	purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

References

“galbus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
galbus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “galbus”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 266