"glomus" meaning in Latin

See glomus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“form into a ball; ball”), but the morphology is unclear; more information at globus and glaeba. Formal difficulties notwithstanding, apparently cognate with Sanskrit ग्लुन्थ (gluntha, “lump”), Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“mass, lump, clump; clasp”) and Proto-West Germanic *klott (“clod, lump, ball”) if this etymology is correct. Etymology templates: {{der|la|ine-pro|*gel-||form into a ball; ball}} Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“form into a ball; ball”), {{unc|la|unclear}} unclear, {{cog|sa|ग्लुन्थ||lump}} Sanskrit ग्लुन्थ (gluntha, “lump”), {{cog|gem-pro|*klumpô||mass, lump, clump; clasp}} Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“mass, lump, clump; clasp”), {{cog|gmw-pro|*klott||clod, lump, ball}} Proto-West Germanic *klott (“clod, lump, ball”) Head templates: {{la-noun|glomus/glomer<3>}} glomus n (genitive glomeris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|glomus/glomer<3>}} Forms: glomeris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], glomus [nominative, singular], glomera [nominative, plural], glomeris [genitive, singular], glomerum [genitive, plural], glomerī [dative, singular], glomeribus [dative, plural], glomus [accusative, singular], glomera [accusative, plural], glomere [ablative, singular], glomeribus [ablative, plural], glomus [singular, vocative], glomera [plural, vocative]
  1. ball-shaped mass Tags: declension-3, neuter
    Sense id: en-glomus-la-noun-OmPJaYGf Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 51 49
  2. ball of thread, yarn Tags: declension-3, neuter
    Sense id: en-glomus-la-noun-9G4EPazO Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: *glomellus, glomerō, glomerulus, *glomiscellus Related terms: globus

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "glomerō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "*glomiscellus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
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        {
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          "lang_code": "rup",
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        }
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      "lang": "Balkano-Romance",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "word": "ghiomo"
        },
        {
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          "lang_code": "it",
          "word": "ghiomero"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Romanesco"
          ],
          "word": "gnommero"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "raw_tags": [
            "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
          ],
          "word": "gomitolo"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "raw_tags": [
            "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes",
            "Tuscan"
          ],
          "word": "giomitro"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Neapolitan",
          "lang_code": "nap",
          "word": "gliuommero"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Neapolitan",
          "lang_code": "nap",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Taranto"
          ],
          "word": "gliuommaro"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Neapolitan",
          "lang_code": "nap",
          "word": "gnuemmiru"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "lang_code": "scn",
          "word": "ghiòmmiru"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "lang_code": "scn",
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            "Calabria"
          ],
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        },
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          "lang": "Venetan",
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          "tags": [
            "Trentino"
          ],
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      ],
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      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
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        }
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      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
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        }
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          "lang_code": "sc",
          "word": "lorumu"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Insular Romance",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
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      "lang_code": "la-vul",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
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    },
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      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed",
        "via the genitive"
      ],
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        "3": "*gel-",
        "4": "",
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "args": {
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        "3": "",
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        "genitive"
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    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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    },
    {
      "form": "glomus",
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    },
    {
      "form": "glomera",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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    {
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    {
      "form": "glomerum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "glomerī",
      "links": [
        [
          "glomerī",
          "glomeri#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "glomus",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "glomera",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "glomere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "glomeribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "glomus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "glomera",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "glomus/glomer<3>"
      },
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "glomus/glomer<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "globus"
    }
  ],
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "_dis": "51 49",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ball-shaped mass"
      ],
      "id": "en-glomus-la-noun-OmPJaYGf",
      "links": [
        [
          "ball",
          "ball"
        ],
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          "mass",
          "mass"
        ]
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      ]
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        "ball of thread, yarn"
      ],
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          "ball",
          "ball"
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "glomus"
}
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    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "*glomellus"
    },
    {
      "word": "glomerō"
    },
    {
      "word": "glomerulus"
    },
    {
      "word": "*glomiscellus"
    }
  ],
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        }
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    },
    {
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          "lang_code": "it",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "word": "ghiomero"
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          "lang_code": "it",
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        },
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            "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
          ],
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            "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes",
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    {
      "form": "glomus",
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        "singular"
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    },
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          "glomerī",
          "glomeri#Latin"
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        "singular"
      ]
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        "singular"
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        "ablative",
        "plural"
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        "singular",
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  "pos": "noun",
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  ],
  "word": "glomus"
}

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