gemitus

gemitus

Latin

Etymology

    From gemō + -tus (action noun suffix).

    Noun

    gemitus m (genitive gemitūs); fourth declension

    1. groan, sigh, lamentation
      • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 2.288:
        “[...] sed graviter gemitūs īmō dē pectore dūcēns, [...].”
        “[...] but heavily drawing a groan from deep within his chest, [Hector says: ...].”
    2. pain, sorrow
    3. roaring

    Declension

    Fourth-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative gemitus gemitūs
    genitive gemitūs gemituum
    dative gemituī gemitibus
    accusative gemitum gemitūs
    ablative gemitū gemitibus
    vocative gemitus gemitūs

    Descendants

    • Balkano-Romance:
      • Aromanian: dzeamit
      • Romanian: geamăt
    • Italo-Romance:
    • Ibero-Romance:
    • Borrowings:

    References

    • gemitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • gemitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • gemitus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.