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Latin
Noun
gelus m sg (genitive gelūs); fourth declension
- Alternative form of gelu
Usage notes
- Nominative singular gelus and accusative singular gelum are attested in ancient Latin (Old, Classical, Late Latin). These forms could belong to both the second declension (genitive *gelī) and the fourth declension (genitive *gelūs). In dictionaries (Lewis and Short, Gaffiot) it is mentioned as a fourth declension noun.
Declension
Fourth-declension noun, singular only.
Noun
gelūs
- genitive singular of gelū
References
- “gelum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- gelu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- gelus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Middle English
Adjective
gelus
- Alternative form of jelous
Old French
Etymology
From Late Latin zelosus. See jalous.
Adjective
gelus m (oblique and nominative feminine singular geluse or gelusse)
- eager; zealous
- jealous