Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Gabalus

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

GAB'ALUS. A word said to be formed from the Hebrew language, and equivalent to the Latin CRUX, a cross or stake upon which criminals were impaled (Varro ap. Non. s. v. p. 117.); whence the same word is also used to designate a worthless fellow, or one who deserved impalement. Macrin. Imp. ap. Capitolin. 11.