出典:Wiktionary
Unknown, attested only in remote loci, which begin with the Imperial era, so suggested as a borrowing, but there is no similar enough etymon. Perhaps back-formed from galbinus.
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | galbus | galba | galbum | galbī | galbae | galba | |
| Genitive | galbī | galbae | galbī | galbōrum | galbārum | galbōrum | |
| Dative | galbō | galbō | galbīs | ||||
| Accusative | galbum | galbam | galbum | galbōs | galbās | galba | |
| Ablative | galbō | galbā | galbō | galbīs | |||
| Vocative | galbe | galba | galbum | galbī | galbae | galba | |
| candidus, albus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.) | rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. または NL.) | āter, niger, piceus |
| pūniceus, murrinus, rūfus, ruber, russus, rūbrīcus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius | rutilus, armeniacus, auranteus, aurantiacus; fuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx | gilvus, helvus, fulvus, flāvus, croceus, pallidus, lūteus, blondinus (ML.) |
| galbus, galbinus, lūridus | viridis | prasinus |
| cȳaneus | caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), blāvus (LL.) | glaucus; līvidus; venetus |
| violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.) | ostrīnus, amethystīnus | purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus |