glaeba

Latin

Alternative forms

glēba

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“form into a ball; ball”). Cognate with Latin globus, glomus and Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“mass, lump, clump; clasp”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlae̯.ba/, [ˈɡɫae̯.ba]

Noun

glaeba f (genitive glaebae); first declension

clod (lump of earth)
land, soil
lump, mass of stuff

Declension

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	glaeba	glaebae
Genitive	glaebae	glaebārum
Dative	glaebae	glaebīs
Accusative	glaebam	glaebās
Ablative	glaebā	glaebīs
Vocative	glaeba	glaebae

Derived terms

glaebālis
glaebārius
glaebatim
glaebātiō

glaebōsus
glaebula
glaebulentus

Descendants

Descendants of glaeba in other languages

Catalan: gleva
Dalmatian: glaiba
English: glebe
Galician: leiba, gleba

Italian: gleba
Old French: glebe
Portuguese: leiva, gleba
Spanish: gleba

References

glaeba in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
glaeba in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
glaeba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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