glisomarga

Latin

Alternative forms
  • glissomarga

Etymology

The first element is from Celtic/Gaulish (compare glis (“thick clay, tenacious earth”)), while the second from marga (“marl”).

Noun

glīsomarga f (genitive glīsomargae); first declension

  1. (Geology) A kind of marl

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative glīsomarga glīsomargae
Genitive glīsomargae glīsomargārum
Dative glīsomargae glīsomargīs
Accusative glīsomargam glīsomargās
Ablative glīsomargā glīsomargīs
Vocative glīsomarga glīsomargae

References
  • “glisomarga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • glisomarga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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