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Latin
Etymology
From Gaulish *geusi (“to pour”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-. Related to Welsh gewai (“glutton”).
Pronunciation
Noun
geusiae f pl (genitive geusiārum); first declension (plural only)
- (anatomy) throat, maw
Declension
First-declension noun, plural only.
Descendants
References
- geusiae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Delamarre, Xavier. Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental, 2nd edn. Paris: Errance, 2003 (1st edn. 2001)
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gewai”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies