English edit

Etymology edit

From Latin globulus.

Noun edit

globulus (plural globuli)

  1. The nucleus globosus.
  2. (medicine, obsolete) A pill, bolus, or spherical suppository.

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From globus +‎ -ulus.

Noun edit

globulus m (genitive globulī); second declension

  1. Diminutive of globus
  2. globule
  3. button
  4. dumpling

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative globulus globulī
Genitive globulī globulōrum
Dative globulō globulīs
Accusative globulum globulōs
Ablative globulō globulīs
Vocative globule globulī

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Catalan: glòbul
  • English: globulus
  • French: globule
  • Italian: globulo
  • Portuguese: glóbulo
  • Spanish: glóbulo

References edit

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