LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

bulbus

bulbus m (genitive bulbī)
Classical[ˈbʊɫ.bʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈbul.bus]

Meaning

  1. masculinebulb (especially an edible bulb such as the onion)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativebulbusbulbī
genitivebulbībulbōrum
dativebulbōbulbīs
accusativebulbumbulbōs
ablativebulbōbulbīs
vocativebulbebulbī

bulbus (bulbŏs), i, m. βολβός.
I. A bulb, bulbous root (tulips, hyacinths, lilies, etc.), Plin. 19, 4, 21, § 61; cf. Cels. 2, 18; Plin. 17, 20, 33, § 144; 21, 5, 11, § 24; 22, 22, 32, § 67 sq.—
II. An onion; a garden vegetable of several kinds, among which the Megarean was the best known, Cato, R. R. 8, 2; Ov. R. Am. 797; Col. 10, 106; 4, 32, 2; Plin. 19, 5, 30, § 93; in Apic. 8, 7, and in Edict. Diocl. p. 16, called bulbus fabrilis.
Bulbus, i, m.,
I. a Roman name, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 79.—With a play on 1. bulbus, Cic. Clu. 26, 72.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).

Descendants
  • Catalanbulb
  • Englishbulb
  • Englishbulbus
  • Frenchbulbe
  • Romanianbulbfrom French bulbe
  • Italianbulbus
  • Italianbulbo
  • Occitanbulb
  • Portuguesebolbo
  • Portuguesebulbo

Quick answers

What does bulbus mean in Latin?
bulbus, a noun, means “bulb (especially an edible bulb such as the onion)”.
What is the genitive of bulbus?
The genitive singular is bulbī. bulbus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce bulbus?
In classical Latin, [ˈbʊɫ.bʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈbul.bus].