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.

Case 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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