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geminus
geminus
Latin
Adjective
geminus m (feminine gemina, neuter geminum); first/second declension
- twin
- double, paired
- (substantive) (one who is) a twin
Usage notes
The substantive (noun) meaning is far more commonly expressed in Latin using the plural form geminī.
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | geminus | gemina | geminum | geminī | geminae | gemina | |
| genitive | geminī | geminae | geminī | geminōrum | geminārum | geminōrum | |
| dative | geminō | geminō | geminīs | ||||
| accusative | geminum | geminam | geminum | geminōs | geminās | gemina | |
| ablative | geminō | geminā | geminō | geminīs | |||
| vocative | gemine | gemina | geminum | geminī | geminae | gemina | |
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References
- geminus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- geminus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- GEMINUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “geminus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- geminus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- geminus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray