gaulus

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡau̯.lus/, [ˈɡäu̯ɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡau̯.lus/, [ˈɡäːu̯lus]

Noun

gaulus m (genitive gaulī); second declension

1. a kind of round vase for drinking
2. a kind of Punic freight vessel

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	gaulus	gaulī
genitive	gaulī	gaulōrum
dative	gaulō	gaulīs
accusative	gaulum	gaulōs
ablative	gaulō	gaulīs
vocative	gaule	gaulī

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
• gaulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.