gemitus

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Latin

Etymology

From gemō.

Noun

gemitus m (genitive gemitūs); fourth declension

  1. groan, sigh, lamentation
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.288:
      “ sed graviter gemitūs īmō dē pectore dūcēns, .”
      “ but heavily drawing a groan from deep within his chest, .”
  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

  • Albanian: gjëmë
  • Aromanian: dzeamit
  • Italian: gemito
  • Portuguese: gemido
  • Romanian: geamăt
  • Spanish: gemido

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.
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