globulus

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

globulus (plural globuli)

  1. The nucleus globosus.
  2. (medicine, obsolete) A pill, bolus, or spherical suppository.

Latin

Etymology

From globus +‎ -ulus.

Noun

globulus m (genitive globulī); second declension

  1. diminutive of globus
  2. globule
  3. button
  4. dumpling

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative globulus globulī
Genitive globulī globulōrum
Dative globulō globulīs
Accusative globulum globulōs
Ablative globulō globulīs
Vocative globule globulī

References
  • globulus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • globulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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