noun foreign #1969

galba

gen. galbae · gender feminine · decl. 1st

Gallic, perh. kindr. with the Germ. gelb (yellow) or Kalb (calf).

A small worm; the ash-borer; the larva of the ash-spinner

A small worm, the ash-borer, or the larva of the ash-spinner, Bombyx aesculi, Linn. acc. to Suet. Galb. 3.—

fat paunch; big belly

In the Gallic, i. q. praepinguis, fat paunch, big belly, acc. to Suet. Galb. 3.—

a prop. name

As a prop. name: Galba, ae, m.

Name of a chief of the Suessiones

Name of a chief of the Suessiones, Caes. B. G. 2, 4, 7; 2, 13, 1.—

A surname in the; consul in; the emperor of the same name

A surname in the gens Sulpicia, Suet. Galb. 3.—So, Ser. Sulpicius Galba, consul in 610; v. Sulpicius; and the emperor of the same name, Suet. Galb.; Juv. 8, 5; 222.

Perseus ID: n19207 Key: galba