gaesum

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Gaulish *gaisos, *gaisom, from Proto-Celtic *gaisos, whence also Old Irish gae (modern Irish ga) and Welsh gwayw.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡae̯.sum/, [ˈɡäe̯s̠ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.sum/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːs̬um]

Noun

gaesum n (genitive gaesī); second declension

1. A Gaulish javelin

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	gaesum	gaesa
genitive	gaesī	gaesōrum
dative	gaesō	gaesīs
accusative	gaesum	gaesa
ablative	gaesō	gaesīs
vocative	gaesum	gaesa

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: γαῖσος (gaîsos), γαῖσον (gaîson)
  • → Old Armenian: գայիսոն (gayison)
• → Basque: gezi

References

• “gaesum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “gaesum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gaesum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “gaesum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “gaesum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin