glaber

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *ɣlaðros, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰleh₂dʰ-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡla.ber/, [ˈɡɫ̪äbɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡla.ber/, [ˈɡläːber]

Adjective

glaber (feminine glabra, neuter glabrum, superlative glaberrimus); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. smooth
2. hairless

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	glaber	glabra	glabrum		glabrī	glabrae	glabra
Genitive	glabrī	glabrae	glabrī		glabrōrum	glabrārum	glabrōrum
Dative	glabrō		glabrō		glabrīs
Accusative	glabrum	glabram	glabrum		glabrōs	glabrās	glabra
Ablative	glabrō	glabrā	glabrō		glabrīs
Vocative	glaber	glabra	glabrum		glabrī	glabrae	glabra

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “hairless”): pūbēscēns

Derived terms

• Glabrio
• glabrō

 

Descendants

• → English: glabrous
• → French: glabre
• → Italian: glabro
• → Portuguese: glabro
• → Romanian: glabru
• → Spanish: glabro

References

• “glaber”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “glaber”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• glaber in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.