gemo

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡemo/

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• Rhymes: -emo
• Hyphenation: ge‧mo

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

1. gemstone (precious stone)

• juvelo

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛ.mo/
• Rhymes: -ɛmo
• Hyphenation: gè‧mo

gemo

1. first-person singular present indicative of gemere

• moge

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *gem- (“to grasp”), whence Ancient Greek γέμω (gémō, “to be full”), Ancient Greek γόμος (gómos, “load; cargo”), Lithuanian gùmstu (“to grasp”).^[1] The semantic shift would be something like "to grasp, press" > "to take one's fill" > "to groan, moan (from eating too much)".

However, de Vaan notes that this series of semantic shifts is quite unlikely, and prefers Vine's theory deriving the word from a Proto-Indo-European *genH- (“to call”) (with replacement of *-n > -m on the model of semantically similar verbs like fremō (“to roar”) and tremō (“to tremble”)), whence Ancient Greek γέγωνᾰ (gégōnă, “to shout”), Tocharian A ken- (“to call”).^[2]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɛ.moː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒɛː.mo]

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

1. to sigh, groan

   Synonyms: ingemō, ingemīscō

2. (of things) to creak
3. to bemoan, lament

   Synonyms: dēplōrō, ingemō, lūgeō, plangō, queror, conqueror, plōrō, fleō

• In practice, the passive forms are not used except for the third-person.

• “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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

• Hyphenation: ge‧mo

gemo

1. first-person singular present indicative of gemer