noun · masculinefourth declension
gemitus
gemitus m (genitive gemitūs)
Meaning
- masculinegroan, sigh, lamentation
[...] sed graviter gemitūs īmō dē pectore dūcēns, [...].
“… but heavily drawing a groan from deep within his chest, [Hector says: ...].”29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 2.288 - masculinepain, sorrow
- masculineroaring
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
vōx dolōrisgemitus -ūs (m) — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 14
vōx dolentisgemitus -ūs (m) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 4, 7, 17
vōx dolentis sine verbīsgemitus -ūs (m) — in Aeneis, ch. 5
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gemitus | gemitūs |
| genitive | gemitūs | gemituum |
| dative | gemituī | gemitibus |
| accusative | gemitum | gemitūs |
| ablative | gemitū | gemitibus |
| vocative | gemitus | gemitūs |
gĕmĭtus, ūs (archaic
I. gen. sing. gemiti, Plaut. Aul. 4, 9, 11), m. gemo, a sighing, a sigh, a groan, a lamentation, complaint (syn.: planctus, plangor, lamentatio, questus).
I. Lit.: quantum luctum quantumque gemitum, quid lacrimarum quantumque fletum factum audivi, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17; cf.:
ut urbe tota fletus gemitusque fieret, Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, 24; id. Sest. 31, 68: gemitum trahens, Enn. ap. Non. p. 515, 26 (Trag. v. 102 Vahl.): clamor, sonus, gemitus, Quint. 7, 2, 46: gemitus in dolore ... gemitus elamentabilis, Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57: lacrimabilis, Verg. A. 3, 39: ingentem tollere, id. ib. 11, 37; cf.: ingentem dare pectore ab imo, id. ib. 1, 485: gemitus toto foro, Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 85: continuus, Quint. 11, 1, 34: sine gemitu, id. 2, 20, 10: gemitu, Verg. A. 2, 73.—Plur. (mostly poet.): gemitus, screatus, tussis, risus abstine, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 132: quantos et virorum et mulierum gemitus esse factos (audivi)? Cic. Clu. 68, 192; id. Har. Resp. 18, 39: gemitus edere, Lucr. 4, 1015; cf.: extremosque ciet gemitus, Verg. G. 3, 517: gemitus, id. A. 2, 288; 4, 409; 6, 873; Ov. M. 2, 621: excitare, Liv. 9, 7, 4: ad gemitus vulnerum, id. 22, 5, 4; Gell. 1, 26, 7; Vulg. Judic. 2, 18; Psa. 30, 10 al.—II. Poet. transf.
2. Of inanimate things, a deep or hoarse sound:
insonuere cavae gemitumque dedere cavernae, Verg. A. 2, 53: dat tellus gemitum, id. ib. 9, 709: dat gemitum moles, Sil. 3, 643: et gemitum ingentem pelagi pulsataque saxa Audimus, Verg. A. 3, 555.—In plur.: plaga facit gemitus, Ov. M. 12, 487.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
gemitus ūs, m
gemo, a sighing, sigh, groan, lamentation, complaint : ut urbe totā gemitus fieret: civium gemitu commoveri: clamor permixtus gemitu, S.: Gemitūs abstine, T.: extremos ciet gemitūs, V.: ad gemitūs volnerum, L.— Pain, sorrow : Danai gemitu atque irā conlecti, V.—Of things, a groan, hoarse sound : gemitum dedere cavernae, V.: dat tellus gemitum, V.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin gemitus From gemō + -tus (action noun suffix).
Balkano-Romance
- Romaniangeamăt
- Aromaniandzeamit
Italo-Romance
- Italiangemito
Ibero-Romance
- Portuguesegemido
Borrowings
- Spanishgemido
- Albaniangjëmë