Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

The first element is from Celtic/Gaulish (compare glis (thick clay, tenacious earth)), while the second from marga (marl).

Noun edit

glīsomarga f (genitive glīsomargae); first declension

  1. (Geology) A kind of marl

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative glīsomarga glīsomargae
Genitive glīsomargae glīsomargārum
Dative glīsomargae glīsomargīs
Accusative glīsomargam glīsomargās
Ablative glīsomargā glīsomargīs
Vocative glīsomarga glīsomargae

References edit

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