gabalus
Latin
Etymology
From Gaulish gabal-, from Proto-Celtic *gabalos (“fork, forked branch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰabʰlos (“fork, branch of tree”), whence English gavelock (“spear; lever”) and German Gabel (“fork”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡa.ba.lus/, [ˈɡa.ba.ɫʊs]
Noun
gabalus m (genitive gabalī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gabalus | gabalī |
| genitive | gabalī | gabalōrum |
| dative | gabalō | gabalīs |
| accusative | gabalum | gabalōs |
| ablative | gabalō | gabalīs |
| vocative | gabale | gabalī |
Synonyms
Descendants
- Old French: javelline
References
- gabalus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- gabalus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- gabalus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- gabalus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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