[ˈɡɫãːs], [ˈɡlans]
OriginFrom Proto-Italic *glānts, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₂- (“acorn”).
- declension-3an acorn, nut; any acorn-shaped fruit; a beechnut, chestnut
“Venit hiems: teritur Sicyonia baca trapetis,
glande sues laeti redeunt, dant arbuta silvae;
et varios ponit fetus autumnus et alte” — Translation by James B. Greenough
Winter is come: in olive-mills they bruise
The Sicyonian berry; acorn-cheered
The swine troop homeward; woods their arbutes yield;
So, various fruit sheds Autumn, and
- declension-3an acorn-shaped ball of lead or clay, hurled at the enemy
- New-Latin, declension-3a bullet
- declension-3the glans penis
Formsglāns(canonical, feminine) · glandis(genitive) · glāns(nominative, singular) · glandēs(nominative, plural) · glandis(genitive, singular) · glandium(genitive, plural) · glandum(genitive, plural) · glandī(dative, singular) · glandibus(dative, plural) · glandem(accusative, singular) · glandēs(accusative, plural) · glande(ablative, singular) · glandibus(ablative, plural) · glāns(singular, vocative) · glandēs(plural, vocative) · glandō(alternative, obsolete)
Source: Wiktionary