glaber

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *ɣlaðros, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰleh₂dʰ- (“smooth, shiny”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. smooth
  2. hairless

Declension

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

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative glaber glabra glabrum glabrī glabrae glabra
genitive glabrī glabrae glabrī glabrōrum glabrārum glabrōrum
dative glabrō glabrae glabrō glabrīs
accusative glabrum glabram glabrum glabrōs glabrās glabra
ablative glabrō glabrā glabrō glabrīs
vocative glaber glabra glabrum glabrī glabrae glabra

Antonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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

References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “glaber, -bra, -brum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 263
  2. ^ 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

Further reading

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  • “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.
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