glaesum

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *glasą, possibly related root *glōaną (to shine) (compare glow), and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰel- (to shine, shimmer, glow)[1].

Noun

glaesum n (genitive glaesī); second declension

  1. amber (fossil resin)

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative glaesum glaesa
Genitive glaesī glaesōrum
Dative glaesō glaesīs
Accusative glaesum glaesa
Ablative glaesō glaesīs
Vocative glaesum glaesa

Synonyms

References

  • glaesum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • glaesum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959), “ghlend-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 432-433
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