LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculine

glomellum

*glomellum m

Meaning

  1. Proto Italo Western Romancemasculinereconstructionball of yarn, tangle

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominative/ɡloˈmɛllos//ɡloˈmɛlli/

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Latin *glomellum From glomus + -ellus (diminutive ending). Compare globellum.

Gallo-Romance
  • Occitangrumel
  • Occitangrumer
  • Occitangrumeu
  • Walloonlonxhea
Italo-Romance
  • Italianinghiomellarefrom Old Italian ghiomello
  • Italianinghiomellatofrom Old Italian ghiomello
  • Corsicanghiumellu
Gallo-Italic
  • Emiliangümel

Quick answers

What does glomellum mean in Latin?
glomellum, a noun, means “ball of yarn, tangle”.