gibbus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

gibbus, a, um, adj. [cf. κύπτω, κυφός, bent, bowed, crooked; v. gibber], hunched, humped, gibbous.

I Adj. : calvaria ex interiore parte concava, extrinsecus gibba, Cels. 8, 1.—

II Subst.

A gibbus , i, m., a hunch , hump , Juv. 10, 294; 309; 6, 109.—

B gibba , ae, f., the same, Suet. Dom. 23. —

2 Transf., a hump-like swelling , protuberance , Amm. 23, 4.

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