glisomarga

Latin

Alternative forms

• glissomarga

Etymology

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

Noun

glīsomarga f (genitive glīsomargae); first declension

1. (Geology) A kind of marl

Declension

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

• “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.