LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

gigās

gigās m (genitive gigantis)
Classical[ˈɡɪ.ɡaːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈd͡ʒiː.ɡas]

Meaning

  1. giant

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativegigāsgigantes
genitivegigantisgigantum
dativegigantīgigantibus
accusativegiganta
gigantem		gigantas
gigantēs
ablativegigantegigantibus
vocativegigāsgigantes

Gĭgās, antis, m., = Γίγας,
I. a giant; usually in plur.: Gĭgantes, um, m., = Γίγαντες, the fabled sons of Earth and Tartarus, giants with snakes for legs, who stormed the heavens, but were smitten by Jupiter with lightning and buried under Ætna.—Sing., Ov. P. 2, 10, 24; acc. giganta, Stat. Th. 5, 569; Mart. 9, 51, 6: gigantem, Vulg. Sirach, 47, 4.—Plur., Ov. F. 5, 35; id. M. 1, 152; 5, 319; Hor. C. 2, 19, 22; Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 70: gigantum more bellare, id. de Sen. 2, 5; Hyg. Fab. praef. (cf. also Verg. G. 1, 278 sq.); Prop. 3, 5, 39 (dub.; Müll. nocentum, id. 4, 4, 39).—
II. Deriv. Gĭgan-tēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the giants: bellum, Ov. Tr. 2, 71: sanguis, Verg. Cul. 27: triumphus, Hor. C. 3, 1, 7: tropaea, Ov. F. 5, 555: ora litoris, i. e. at Cumœ, in Campania (where, according to the myth, the giants dwelt in the Phlegræan Fields, and fought with the gods), Prop. 1, 20, 9 (cf. Sil. 12, 143 sq.): genus, Vulg. Num. 13, 34.—
2. Transf., gigantic: corpus, Sil. 5, 436.

Origins

From Ancient Greek Γίγας (Gígas, “giant”).

Descendants
  • Catalangegant
  • FrenchGéantfrom Old French geant
  • Englishgiantfrom Old French geant
  • Frenchgéantfrom Old French geant
  • GermanGigant
  • Italiangigante
  • Occitangigant
  • Portuguesegigante
  • Romaniangigant
  • Spanishgigante

In English words that came into English from gigās

  • giant*gagās
  • gigantismgigans
  • giganticidegigāns
  • giganteangiganteus

Quick answers

What does gigās mean in Latin?
gigās, a noun, means “giant”.
What is the genitive of gigās?
The genitive singular is gigantis. gigās is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce gigās?
In classical Latin, [ˈɡɪ.ɡaːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈd͡ʒiː.ɡas].
Which English words come from gigās?
English words that go back to Latin gigās include gigantism, giganticide, giant and gigantean.