gumia

Latin

Etymology

From Umbrian 𐌊𐌖𐌌𐌉𐌀𐌚 (kumiaf), from the Proto-Indo-European root common to Latin gemō (“I groan”), Ancient Greek γέμω (gémō, “to be full”), Ancient Greek γόμος (gómos, “load; cargo”), Lithuanian gùmstu (“to grasp”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡu.mi.a/, [ˈɡʊmiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡu.mi.a/, [ˈɡuːmiä]

Noun

gumia m (genitive gumiae); first declension

1. glutton, gourmand

   Synonyms: cataphagās, comēstor, dēgulātor, edō, gāneō, gluttō, gulō, helluō, lurcō, mandō, mandūcō, phagō, polyphagus

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gumia	gumiae
Genitive	gumiae	gumiārum
Dative	gumiae	gumiīs
Accusative	gumiam	gumiās
Ablative	gumiā	gumiīs
Vocative	gumia	gumiae

Descendants

• Spanish: gomia

References

• “gomia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• “gumia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gumia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.