gerdius
Latin
Etymology
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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈɡer.di.us/, [ˈɡɛrd̪iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒer.di.us/, [ˈd͡ʒɛrd̪ius]
Noun
gerdius m (genitive gerdiī or gerdī); second declension
- a weaver
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | 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
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “gers-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (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.