gemellus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡɛˈmɛl.lʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d͡ʒeˈmɛl.lus]
Noun
[edit]gemellus m (genitive gemellī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gemellus | gemellī |
| genitive | gemellī | gemellōrum |
| dative | gemellō | gemellīs |
| accusative | gemellum | gemellōs |
| ablative | gemellō | gemellīs |
| vocative | gemelle | gemellī |
Derived terms
[edit]- *gemellīcius (Vulgar Latin)
- *gemellicum (Vulgar Latin)
- gemellipara
Descendants
[edit]- Old French: gemel, gemiau
- Friulian: zimul, gimul, zumiele
- Italian: gemello, giumella
- Romansh: schumellin, schameal, schimel
- Sardinian: ghemeddu
- Sicilian: giameddu
- Venetan: zemèl, xemèło
- Old Leonese:
- Asturian: ximielgu
- → Proto-Brythonic: *geβ̃ell (see there for further descendants)
- → Spanish: gemelo
Adjective
[edit]gemellus (feminine gemella, neuter gemellum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | gemellus | gemella | gemellum | gemellī | gemellae | gemella | |
| genitive | gemellī | gemellae | gemellī | gemellōrum | gemellārum | gemellōrum | |
| dative | gemellō | gemellae | gemellō | gemellīs | |||
| accusative | gemellum | gemellam | gemellum | gemellōs | gemellās | gemella | |
| ablative | gemellō | gemellā | gemellō | gemellīs | |||
| vocative | gemelle | gemella | gemellum | gemellī | gemellae | gemella | |
References
[edit]- “gemellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “gemellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “gemellus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.