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gemmo
gemmo
See also: gemmò
Latin
Etymology
From gemma (“a bud or jewel”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡem.moː/
Verb
gemmō (present infinitive gemmāre, perfect active gemmāvī, supine gemmātum); first conjugation
- I bud, put forth buds.
- I am adorned with gems and precious stones.
- (figuratively) I glitter, sparkle.
Inflection
References
- gemmo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- gemmo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “gemmo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to bud, blossom: gemmas agere
- to bud, blossom: gemmas agere