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Etymology

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Unknown, perhaps from galbanum, but the process is morphologically unclear.

Or, perhaps from the same source as German: gelb.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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galbinus (feminine galbina, neuter galbinum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. greenish-yellow, yellowish, chartreuse
  2. effeminate
    Synonyms: effēminātus, fēmineus, galbinātus, mollis, sēmifer

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative galbinus galbina galbinum galbinī galbinae galbina
genitive galbinī galbinae galbinī galbinōrum galbinārum galbinōrum
dative galbinō galbinae galbinō galbinīs
accusative galbinum galbinam galbinum galbinōs galbinās galbina
ablative galbinō galbinā galbinō galbinīs
vocative galbine galbina galbinum galbinī galbinae galbina

Derived terms

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Descendants

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See also

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Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)      glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeusgrīseus (ML. or NL.)      niger, āter, piceus, furvus
             ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceusmurrinus, 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

Further reading

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  • galbinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • galbinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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