- Galba
- 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.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.