"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: Etymology tree Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós)bor. Latin bulbus Borrowed from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:bor|grc:βολβός<id:plant>|id=bulb|tree=1}} Etymology tree Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós)bor. Latin bulbus, {{bor+|la|grc|βολβός||plant with round swelling on underground stem}} 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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      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
      ]
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        },
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        },
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    },
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    }
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}
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    },
    {
      "word": "bulbātiō"
    },
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}

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