galbinus

Latin

Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. greenish-yellow, yellowish, chartreuse
  2. effeminate
    Synonyms: effēminātus, fēmineus, galbinātus, mollis, sēmifer

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Descendants

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, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), 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
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