LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

glūbō

glūbō (present infinitive glūbere, perfect active glūpsī, supine glū̆ptum)
Classical[ˈɡɫuː.boː]Ecclesiastical[ˈɡluː.bo]

Meaning

  1. literallyuncommonto strip the bark from a tree, to peel, to shuck
    Salictum suo tempore caedito, glubito, arteque alligato.Cut down any willow at its due time, strip its bark, and bind the bark well.234 BCE – 149 BCE, Marcus Porcius Cato, De agri cultura 33
    Filia mihi haec poma glupsit.1877, G. F. H. Sykes, Grammatical Exercises in Latin Prose Composition
  2. uncommonvulgarto peel back the foreskin of, to masturbate
    Nunc in quadriviis et angiportisNow in the crossroads and alleyways she masturbates the grandsons of brave Remus.c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, 58 (or "magnanimos Remi nepotes" "the brave grandsons of Remus")

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.glūbōglūbēbamglūbamglūpsīglūpseramglūpserō
2nd sg.glūbisglūbēbāsglūbēsglūpsistīglūpserāsglūpseris
3rd sg.glūbitglūbēbatglūbetglūpsitglūpseratglūpserit
1st pl.glūbimusglūbēbāmusglūbēmusglūpsimusglūpserāmusglūpserimus
2nd pl.glūbitisglūbēbātisglūbētisglūpsistisglūpserātisglūpseritis
3rd pl.glūbuntglūbēbantglūbentglūpsērunt
glūpsēre
glūpserantglūpserint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.glūbamglūberemglūpserimglūpsissem
2nd sg.glūbāsglūberēsglūpserīsglūpsissēs
3rd sg.glūbatglūberetglūpseritglūpsisset
1st pl.glūbāmusglūberēmusglūpserīmusglūpsissēmus
2nd pl.glūbātisglūberētisglūpserītisglūpsissētis
3rd pl.glūbantglūberentglūpserintglūpsissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.glūborglūbēbarglūbar
2nd sg.glūberis
glūbere
glūbēbāris
glūbēbāre
glūbēris
glūbēre
3rd sg.glūbiturglūbēbāturglūbētur
1st pl.glūbimurglūbēbāmurglūbēmur
2nd pl.glūbiminīglūbēbāminīglūbēminī
3rd pl.glūbunturglūbēbanturglūbentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.glūbarglūberer
2nd sg.glūbāris
glūbāre
glūberēris
glūberēre
3rd sg.glūbāturglūberētur
1st pl.glūbāmurglūberēmur
2nd pl.glūbāminīglūberēminī
3rd pl.glūbanturglūberentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.glūbeglūbere
pres. 2nd pl.glūbiteglūbiminī
fut. 2nd sg.glūbitōglūbitor
fut. 3rd sg.glūbitōglūbitor
fut. 2nd pl.glūbitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.glūbuntōglūbuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveglūbereglūbī
perfect infinitiveglūpsisseglū̆ptum esse
future infinitiveglū̆ptūrum esseglū̆ptum īrī
present participleglūbēns—
perfect participle—glū̆ptus
glū̆pta, glū̆ptā, glū̆ptae, glū̆ptam, glū̆ptārum, glū̆ptās, glū̆pte, glū̆ptī, glū̆ptīs, glū̆ptō, glū̆ptōrum, glū̆ptōs
future participleglū̆ptūrus
glū̆ptūra, glū̆ptūrā, glū̆ptūrae, glū̆ptūram, glū̆ptūrārum, glū̆ptūrās, glū̆ptūre, glū̆ptūrī, glū̆ptūrīs, glū̆ptūrō, glū̆ptūrōrum, glū̆ptūrōs, glū̆ptūrum
glūbendus
glūbundus, glūbenda, glūbendā, glūbendae, glūbendam, glūbendārum, glūbendās, glūbende, glūbendīs, glūbendōrum, glūbendōs, glūbunda, glūbundā, glūbundae, glūbundam, glūbundārum, glūbundās, glūbunde, glūbundī, glūbundīs, glūbundō, glūbundōrum, glūbundōs, glūbundum
gerundglūbendī, glūbendō, glūbendumsupineglū̆ptum, glū̆ptū

glūbo, ĕre, v. a. and n. Gr. γλύφω; cf. sculpo (ante-class.).
I. Act., to deprive of its bark, to bark, peel: salictum glubito arteque alligato, Cato, R. R. 33, 5: ramos, Varr. R. R. 1, 55, 2.—In mal. part.: (Lesbia) Glubit magnanimos Remi nepotes (v. deglubo), Cat. 58, 5.—
II. Neutr., to cast off its shell or bark: materies, Cato, R. R. 31, 2; 17, 1.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *glouβō, from Proto-Indo-European *gléwbʰeti.

Quick answers

What does glūbō mean in Latin?
glūbō, a verb, means “to strip the bark from a tree, to peel, to shuck; to peel back the foreskin of, to masturbate”.
What are the principal parts of glūbō?
glūbō, glūbere, glūpsī, glū̆ptum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce glūbō?
In classical Latin, [ˈɡɫuː.boː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈɡluː.bo].