gemmo
See also: gemmò
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛm.mo/
- Rhymes: -ɛmmo
- Hyphenation: gèm‧mo
Verb
gemmo
- first-person singular present indicative of gemmare
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From gemma (“a bud or jewel”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡɛm.moː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒɛm.mo]
Verb
gemmō (present infinitive gemmāre, perfect active gemmāvī, supine gemmātum); first conjugation
- to bud, put forth buds
- to be adorned with gems and precious stones
- (figuratively) to glitter, sparkle
Conjugation
Conjugation of gemmō (first conjugation)
Descendants
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
- to bud, blossom: gemmas agere