galba
galba, ae, f. Gallic, perh. kindr. with the Germ. gelb (yellow) or Kalb (calf). A small worm, the ash-borer, or the larva of the ash-spinner, Bombyx aesculi, Linn. acc. to Suet. Galb. 3.— In the Gallic, i. q. praepinguis, fat paunch, big belly, acc. to Suet. Galb. 3.— As a prop. name: Galba, ae, m. Name of a chief of the Suessiones, Caes. B. G. 2, 4, 7; 2, 13, 1.— A surname in the gens Sulpicia, Suet. Galb. 3.—So, Ser. Sulpicius Galba, consul in 610; v. Sulpicius; and the emperor of the same name, Suet. Galb.; Juv. 8, 5; 222.
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galba, ae, f. Gallic, perh. kindr. with the Germ. gelb (yellow) or Kalb (calf). A small worm, the ash-borer, or the larva of the ash-spinner, Bombyx aesculi, Linn. acc. to Suet. Galb. 3.— In the Gallic, i. q. praepinguis, fat paunch, big belly, acc. to Suet. Galb. 3.— As a prop. name: Galba, ae, m. Name of a chief of the Suessiones, Caes. B. G. 2, 4, 7; 2, 13, 1.— A surname in the gens Sulpicia, Suet. Galb. 3.—So, Ser. Sulpicius Galba, consul in 610; v. Sulpicius; and the emperor of the same name, Suet. Galb.; Juv. 8, 5; 222.
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urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n19207
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