gremium

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gremium.

Pronunciation

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Noun

gremium n (plural gremia)

  1. assembly, body (organisation, company or other authoritative group)

Latin

Etymology

From a Proto-Indo-European *h₂grem- (“to gather”), which may be an extended form of *h₂ger- (“idem”), with the original sense of the Latin likely "armload, embrace". Compare Proto-Indo-Iranian *grā́mas (“bunch”), Ancient Greek ἀγείρω (ageírō, “to gather”), Proto-Slavic *gromada (“heap, pile”), Lithuanian grùmulas (“lump”), Proto-Germanic *krimmaną (“to push, crumble”).[1] See also grex (“flock, herd”).

Pronunciation

Noun

gremium n (genitive gremiī or gremī); second declension

  1. (anatomy) lap
  2. (anatomy) bosom
  3. (figurative) embrace

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative gremium gremia
genitive gremiī
gremī1 		gremiōrum
dative gremiō gremiīs
accusative gremium gremia
ablative gremiō gremiīs
vocative gremium gremia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “gremium”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 272

Further reading

  • “gremium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “gremium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • gremium 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)
  • gremium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin gremium.

Pronunciation

Noun

gremium n

  1. assembly, body (organisation, company or other authoritative group)
    Synonyms: grono, zespół

Declension

Declension of gremium
singular plural
nominative gremium gremia
genitive gremium gremiów
dative gremium gremiom
accusative gremium gremia
instrumental gremium gremiami
locative gremium gremiach
vocative gremium gremia

Derived terms

adjective
adverb

Further reading

  • gremium in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • gremium in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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