galbinus

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galbĭnus: a, um, adj. either from galbanum or from GALBUS,
I greenish-yellow, yellowish; cf. tunica, Vop. Aur. 34: avis, Mart. 13, 68, 1: cingillum, Petr. 67, 4.—As subst. plur.: galbĭna (sc. vestimenta), ōrum, n., pale-green garments, Juv. 2, 97.— Hence,
II Transf., effeminate: moris, Mart. 1, 97, 9.