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gibbus

gibbus

Latin

Adjective

gibbus m ‎(feminine gibba, neuter gibbum); first/second declension

  1. humped, hunched, gibbous

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative gibbus gibba gibbum gibbī gibbae gibba
genitive gibbī gibbae gibbī gibbōrum gibbārum gibbōrum
dative gibbō gibbō gibbīs
accusative gibbum gibbam gibbum gibbōs gibbās gibba
ablative gibbō gibbā gibbō gibbīs
vocative gibbe gibba gibbum gibbī gibbae gibba

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Noun

gibbus m ‎(genitive gibbī); second declension

  1. a hump, hunch on the back

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative gibbus gibbī
genitive gibbī gibbōrum
dative gibbō gibbīs
accusative gibbum gibbōs
ablative gibbō gibbīs
vocative gibbe gibbī

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Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb-, the same root of Latin cubō ‎(“bend oneself, lie down”) and Ancient Greek κύβος ‎(kúbos, “cube, vertebra”).

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