gemellipara

Italian

Noun

gemellipara f (plural gemellipare)

1. a mother of twins

Related terms

• gemelliparo

Latin

Etymology

gemellus (“twin”) + the root of pariō (“to give birth”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡe.melˈli.pa.ra/, [ɡɛmɛlˈlʲɪpärä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒe.melˈli.pa.ra/, [d͡ʒemelˈliːpärä]

Noun

gemellipara f (genitive gemelliparae); first declension

1. twin-bearing, mother of twins (an epithet of Latona)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gemellipara	gemelliparae
Genitive	gemelliparae	gemelliparārum
Dative	gemelliparae	gemelliparīs
Accusative	gemelliparam	gemelliparās
Ablative	gemelliparā	gemelliparīs
Vocative	gemellipara	gemelliparae

References

• “gemellipara”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “gemellipara”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers