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galba , ae, f. Gallic, perh. kindr. with the Germ. gelb (yellow) or Kalb (calf).
I. A small worm, the ash-borer, or the larva of the ash-spinner, Bombyx aesculi, Linn. acc. to Suet. Galb. 3.—
II. In the Gallic, i. q. praepinguis, fat paunch, big belly, acc. to Suet. Galb. 3.—
III. As a prop. name: Galba , ae, m.
A. Name of a chief of the Suessiones, Caes. B. G. 2, 4, 7; 2, 13, 1.—
B. 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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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