noun · femininefirst declension
gemellipara
gemellipara f (genitive gemelliparae)
Classical[ɡɛ.mɛlˈlɪ.pa.ra]Ecclesiastical[d͡ʒe.melˈliː.pa.ra]
Meaning
- femininetwin-bearing, mother of twins (an epithet of Latona)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gemellipara | gemelliparae |
| genitive | gemelliparae | gemelliparārum |
| dative | gemelliparae | gemelliparīs |
| accusative | gemelliparam | gemelliparās |
| ablative | gemelliparā | gemelliparīs |
| vocative | gemellipara | gemelliparae |
gĕmellĭpăra, ae, f. gemellus-pario,
I. twin-bearing, an epithet framed by Ovid, and applied to Latona (on account of her twin-children, Apollo and Diana):
dea, Ov. F. 5, 542: divae, id. M. 6, 315.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
gemellipara ae, adj. f
gemellus+2 PAR-, twin-bearing, mother of twins : dea, O.
Origins
From gemellus (“twin”) + the root of pariō (“to give birth”).