gemo

See also: gémó and ĝemo

Esperanto

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡemo/
  • Hyphenation: ge‧mo

Noun

gemo (accusative singular gemon, plural gemoj, accusative plural gemojn)

  1. gemstone (precious stone)

See also

Italian

Verb

gemo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gemere

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From the same Proto-Indo-European root common as Ancient Greek γέμω (gémō, “to be full”), Ancient Greek γόμος (gómos, “load; cargo”), Lithuanian gùmstu (“to grasp”)[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡe.moː/, [ˈɡɛ.moː]

Verb

gemō (present infinitive gemere, perfect active gemuī, supine gemitum); third conjugation

  1. I sigh, groan.
  2. (of things) I creak.
  3. I bemoan, lament.

Inflection
  • In practice, the passive forms are not used except for the third-person.
   Conjugation of gemo (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present gemō gemis gemit gemimus gemitis gemunt
imperfect gemēbam gemēbās gemēbat gemēbāmus gemēbātis gemēbant
future gemam gemēs gemet gemēmus gemētis gement
perfect gemuī gemuistī gemuit gemuimus gemuistis gemuērunt, gemuēre
pluperfect gemueram gemuerās gemuerat gemuerāmus gemuerātis gemuerant
future perfect gemuerō gemueris gemuerit gemuerimus gemueritis gemuerint
passive present gemor gemeris, gemere gemitur gemimur gemiminī gemuntur
imperfect gemēbar gemēbāris, gemēbāre gemēbātur gemēbāmur gemēbāminī gemēbantur
future gemar gemēris, gemēre gemētur gemēmur gemēminī gementur
perfect gemitus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect gemitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect gemitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present gemam gemās gemat gemāmus gemātis gemant
imperfect gemerem gemerēs gemeret gemerēmus gemerētis gemerent
perfect gemuerim gemuerīs gemuerit gemuerimus gemueritis gemuerint
pluperfect gemuissem gemuissēs gemuisset gemuissēmus gemuissētis gemuissent
passive present gemar gemāris, gemāre gemātur gemāmur gemāminī gemantur
imperfect gemerer gemerēris, gemerēre gemerētur gemerēmur gemerēminī gemerentur
perfect gemitus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect gemitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — geme — — gemite —
future — gemitō gemitō — gemitōte gemuntō
passive present — gemere — — gemiminī —
future — gemitor gemitor — — gemuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives gemere gemuisse gemitūrus esse gemī gemitus esse gemitum īrī
participles gemēns — gemitūrus — gemitus gemendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
gemere gemendī gemendō gemendum gemitum gemitū

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Eastern Romance:
  • Italian: gemere
  • Old French: giembre
  • Old Occitan:
  • Old Portuguese: gemer
  • Old Spanish: emer
    • Spanish: gemir (semi-learned borrowing)
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Venetian: xemer
  • → Albanian: gjëmoj
  • → French: gémir
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *gemicāre

References
  • gemo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gemo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • gemo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • gemo in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  1. Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938), “gemo”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume I, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 588

Portuguese

Verb

gemo

  1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of gemer
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