"bulbus" meaning in Latin

See bulbus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈbʊɫ.bʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈbul.bus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:bor|grc:βολβός<t:plant with round swelling on underground stem><id:plant>|id=bulb|text=+|title=bulbus|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "plant", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "βολβός", "gloss" : "plant with round swelling on underground stem", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "bulbus", "lang" : "la" }" data-id="bulb" data-lang="la" data-title="bulbus" id="Latin:_bulb"> Borrowed from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”). Head templates: {{la-noun|bulbus<2>}} bulbus m (genitive bulbī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|bulbus<2>}} Forms: bulbī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], bulbus [nominative, singular], bulbī [nominative, plural], bulbī [genitive, singular], bulbōrum [genitive, plural], bulbō [dative, singular], bulbīs [dative, plural], bulbum [accusative, singular], bulbōs [accusative, plural], bulbō [ablative, singular], bulbīs [ablative, plural], bulbe [singular, vocative], bulbī [plural, vocative]
  1. bulb (especially an edible bulb such as the onion) Tags: declension-2, masculine Derived forms: bulbāceus, bulbātiō, bulbōsus, bulbulus

Inflected forms

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}

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