glabellus

Latin

Etymology

From glaber (“smooth, hairless”) +‎ -lus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡlaˈbel.lus/, [ɡɫ̪äˈbɛlːʲʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡlaˈbel.lus/, [ɡläˈbɛlːus]

Adjective

glabellus (feminine glabella, neuter glabellum); first/second-declension adjective

1. diminutive of glaber (“hairless, smooth”)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	glabellus	glabella	glabellum		glabellī	glabellae	glabella
genitive	glabellī	glabellae	glabellī		glabellōrum	glabellārum	glabellōrum
dative	glabellō		glabellō		glabellīs
accusative	glabellum	glabellam	glabellum		glabellōs	glabellās	glabella
ablative	glabellō	glabellā	glabellō		glabellīs
vocative	glabelle	glabella	glabellum		glabellī	glabellae	glabella

References

• “glabellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “glabellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• glabellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.