gemmo

See also: gemmò

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛm.mo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛmmo
  • Hyphenation: gèm‧mo

Verb

gemmo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gemmare

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From gemma (a bud or jewel).

Pronunciation

Verb

gemmō (present infinitive gemmāre, perfect active gemmāvī, supine gemmātum); first conjugation

  1. to bud, put forth buds
  2. to be adorned with gems and precious stones
  3. (figuratively) to glitter, sparkle

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Italian: gemmare
  • Portuguese: gemar

References

  • gemmo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gemmo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • gemmo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to bud, blossom: gemmas agere