galbinus

Latin

Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡal.bi.nus/, [ˈɡäɫ̪bɪnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡal.bi.nus/, [ˈɡälbinus]

Adjective

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

1. greenish-yellow, yellowish, chartreuse
2. effeminate

   Synonyms: effēminātus, fēmineus, galbinātus, mollis, sēmifer

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	galbinus	galbina	galbinum		galbinī	galbinae	galbina
Genitive	galbinī	galbinae	galbinī		galbinōrum	galbinārum	galbinōrum
Dative	galbinō		galbinō		galbinīs
Accusative	galbinum	galbinam	galbinum		galbinōs	galbinās	galbina
Ablative	galbinō	galbinā	galbinō		galbinīs
Vocative	galbine	galbina	galbinum		galbinī	galbinae	galbina

Derived terms

• galbina
• galbinātus
• galbus

 

Descendants

• Albanian: gjelbër
• Aromanian: galbin
• Old French: jalne, jaune
  • French: jaune
  • → Emilian: żâl
  • → Friulian: zâl
  • → Galician: xalde
  • → Istriot: zalo
  • → Italian: giallo
  • → Lombard: jald (giald, zald)
  • → Piedmontese: giaun
  • → Sicilian: giallu, giarnu
  • → Venetian: gialo, zało
  • Walloon: djaene
• Old Lombard: galdo
• Romanian: galben, galbin; galbăn
  • → Vlax Romani: gàlbeno, galbeno

See also

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

Further reading

• “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.