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.