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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek γαυλός (gaulós) for the vase and γαῦλος (gaûlos) for the vessel. Ultimately a vinicultural loan which Greek has from Semitic, compare Biblical Hebrew גֻלָּה (gullāh), Ugaritic 𐎂𐎍 (gl) (the Phoenician is unattested), from Akkadian 𒄖𒌌𒆷𒌅 (gullatu, “a container”), of unknown non-Semitic origin. Doublet of culullus.
Pronunciation
Noun
gaulus m (genitive gaulī); second declension
- a kind of round vase for drinking
- a kind of Punic freight vessel
Declension
Second-declension noun.
References
- Brown, John Pairman (1995) Israel and Hellas (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft; 231), volume I, Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, pages 146–148
- “gaulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934) “gaulus”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette.