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bulbus
bulbus
Latin
Noun
bulbus m (genitive bulbī); second declension
- bulb (especially an edible bulb such as the onion)
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bulbus | bulbī |
| genitive | bulbī | bulbōrum |
| dative | bulbō | bulbīs |
| accusative | bulbum | bulbōs |
| ablative | bulbō | bulbīs |
| vocative | bulbe | bulbī |
Descendants
- English: bulb, bulbus
- French: bulbe
- Italian: bulbo
- Portuguese: bolbo, bulbo
- Romanian: bulb
- Spanish: bulbo
References
- bulbus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- bulbus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- BULBUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “bulbus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- bulbus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray