albellus

Latin

Etymology

From albulus (“whitish”) +‎ -lus (diminutive suffix).

Adjective

albellus (feminine albella, neuter albellum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Diminutive of albus: whitish
  2. (Medieval Latin): white poplar tree[1]
    • c. 1196 – 1203, Lambert of Ardres, Historia comitum Ghisnensium :
      Ob cuius rei memoriam delata est ibi crux lignea et elevata, et albellus cum tilia juxta crucem, ad peregrinorum et quorumlibet viatorum ibi plantata est requiem et praesidium.[2]

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative albellus albella albellum albellī albellae albella
Genitive albellī albellae albellī albellōrum albellārum albellōrum
Dative albellō albellō albellīs
Accusative albellum albellam albellum albellōs albellās albella
Ablative albellō albellā albellō albellīs
Vocative albelle albella albellum albellī albellae albella

Descendants
  • Galician: albelo
  • Old French: abel

References
  1. Monumenta Germaniae historica inde ab anno Christi quingentesimo usque ad annum millesimum et quingentesimum: Scriptorum, Book 24, 1879, edidit societas aperiendis fontibus rerum Germanicarum medii aevi, page 585
  2. albellus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
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