glaber

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *ɣlaðros, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰleh₂dʰ-.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

glaber (feminine glabra, neuter glabrum, superlative glaberrimus); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. smooth
  2. hairless

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative glaber glabra glabrum glabrī glabrae glabra
Genitive glabrī glabrae glabrī glabrōrum glabrārum glabrōrum
Dative glabrō glabrō glabrīs
Accusative glabrum glabram glabrum glabrōs glabrās glabra
Ablative glabrō glabrā glabrō glabrīs
Vocative glaber glabra glabrum glabrī glabrae glabra

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: glabrous
  • → French: glabre
  • → Italian: glabro
  • → Portuguese: glabro
  • → Romanian: glabru
  • → Spanish: glabro

References

  • “glaber”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “glaber”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • glaber in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “glatt”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
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