gelus
Latin
[edit]Noun
[edit]gelus m sg (genitive gelūs); fourth declension
- Alternative form of gelu
Usage notes
[edit]- Nominative singular gelus and accusative singular gelum are attested in ancient Latin (Old, Classical, Late Latin). These forms could belong to both the second declension (genitive *gelī) and the fourth declension (genitive *gelūs). In dictionaries (Lewis and Short, Gaffiot) it is mentioned as a fourth declension noun.
Declension
[edit]Fourth-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | gelus |
| genitive | gelūs |
| dative | geluī |
| accusative | gelum |
| ablative | gelū |
| vocative | gelus |
Noun
[edit]gelūs
References
[edit]- “gelum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- gelu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- gelus 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)
Middle English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]gelus
- Alternative form of jelous
Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Late Latin zelosus. See jalous.
Adjective
[edit]gelus m (oblique and nominative feminine singular geluse or gelusse)
- eager; zealous
- jealous
- circa 1250, Marie de France, Lai de Guigemar,
- Gelus esteit a desmesure
- He was jealous, incredibly so
- circa 1250, Marie de France, Lai de Guigemar,
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- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin fourth declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension
- Latin masculine nouns
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin noun forms
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English adjectives
- Old French terms inherited from Late Latin
- Old French terms derived from Late Latin
- Old French lemmas
- Old French adjectives
- Old French terms with quotations