gerdius
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek γέρδιος (gérdios), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵers- (“to twist; to plait”).[1] See also Old Armenian ծառ (caṙ, “tree”), Ancient Greek γέρρον (gérrhon, “wattle-fence”) and Old Norse kjarr (“copsewood, brush-wood, thicket”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈɡer.di.us/, [ˈɡɛrd̪iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒer.di.us/, [ˈd͡ʒɛrd̪ius]
Noun
[edit]gerdius m (genitive gerdiī or gerdī); second declension
- a weaver
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gerdius | gerdiī |
| genitive | gerdiī gerdī1 |
gerdiōrum |
| dative | gerdiō | gerdiīs |
| accusative | gerdium | gerdiōs |
| ablative | gerdiō | gerdiīs |
| vocative | gerdie | gerdiī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
[edit]- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “gers-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 392-393
- “gerdius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- gerdius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.