glaesum

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *glasą, possibly related root *glōaną (“to shine”) (compare glow), and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰel- (“to shine, shimmer, glow”).[1] Tacitus claims this word to be what the Aestii, likely a Baltic people, call amber; as such, it is possibly a latinization of a Baltic word instead.

Noun

glaesum n (genitive glaesī); second declension

  1. amber (fossil resin)
    Synonyms: electrum, sucinum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative glaesum glaesa
Genitive glaesī glaesōrum
Dative glaesō glaesīs
Accusative glaesum glaesa
Ablative glaesō glaesīs
Vocative glaesum glaesa

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “ghlend-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 432-433

Further reading
  • “glaesum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “glaesum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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