gremium

See also: Gremium

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂grom-. Compare grex, grego.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡre.mi.um/, [ˈɡrɛmiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡre.mi.um/, [ˈɡrɛːmium]

Noun

gremium n (genitive gremiī or gremī); second declension

1. (anatomy) lap
2. (anatomy) bosom
3. (figurative) embrace

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gremium	gremia
Genitive	gremiī gremī1	gremiōrum
Dative	gremiō	gremiīs
Accusative	gremium	gremia
Ablative	gremiō	gremiīs
Vocative	gremium	gremia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• → German: Gremium
• Italian: grembo
• → Polish: gremium
• Spanish: gremio

References

• “gremium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “gremium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gremium 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)
• gremium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Polish

Etymology

From Latin gremium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɛ.mjum/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

gremium n

1. assembly, body (organisation, company or other authoritative group)

   Synonyms: grono, zespół

Declension

Declension of gremium

	singular	plural
nominative	gremium	gremia
genitive	gremium	gremiów
dative	gremium	gremiom
accusative	gremium	gremia
instrumental	gremium	gremiami
locative	gremium	gremiach
vocative	gremium	gremia

Derived terms

• (adjective) gremialny
• (adverb) gremialnie

Further reading

• gremium in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
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