globulus

globulus

English

Etymology

From Latin globulus.

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

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative globulus globulī
    genitive globulī globulōrum
    dative globulō globulīs
    accusative globulum globulōs
    ablative globulō globulīs
    vocative globule globulī

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • → Catalan: glòbul
    • → English: globulus
    • → French: globule
    • → Italian: globulo
    • → Portuguese: glóbulo
    • → Spanish: glóbulo

    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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