bulbus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).

Noun

bulbus m (genitive bulbī); second declension

  1. 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

Derived terms

Descendants

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)
  • bulbus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • bulbus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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