albulus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *albʰós

Proto-Italic *alβos

Latin albus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Latin albulus

From albus (“white”) + -ulus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaɫ.bʊ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈal.bu.lus]

Adjective

albulus (feminine albula, neuter albulum); first/second-declension adjective

1. diminutive of albus: whitish

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	albulus	albula	albulum	albulī	albulae	albula
genitive	albulī	albulae	albulī	albulōrum	albulārum	albulōrum
dative	albulō	albulae	albulō	albulīs
accusative	albulum	albulam	albulum	albulōs	albulās	albula
ablative	albulō	albulā	albulō	albulīs
vocative	albule	albula	albulum	albulī	albulae	albula

Related terms

• albāmentum
• albārium
• albārius
• albātus
• albēdō
• albeō
• albēscō
• albicēris
• albicō
• albidus
• albitūdō
• albor
• albūgō
• album
• albūmen
• alburnum
• albus

Descendants

• Italian: avola, albora
• →? Dutch: alver

References

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