geminus, gemina, geminum

Definitions for geminus

Wheelock's Latin

Adjective

1
twin
English derivatives:
geminate gemination Gemini

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Adjective

1
Twin-born, twin. (b) (poet.) born at the same birth.
2
(as sb.) A twin. (b) (pl.) the constellation Gemini; also ~i fratres, etc., ~a sidera.
3
(of persons or things) Like, identical.
4
(pl.) Two together, a pair of. (b) the two, his (her, etc.) two; (usu. of objects, e.g. parts of the body, occuring together in natural pairs.
5
(sg.) Consisting of two together, twofold, double; (often the equivalent of 'two' or 'twin' with plural sb.).

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Sentences with geminus

Latin to English

Hic frater geminus sum, homo inter sui quum forma tum mos similis, municeps autem suus dissimilis.Compare They were twin brothers, men like each other in character as well as in person, but most unlike their fellow-townsmen.

Sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera fertur cornea, qua veris facilis datur exitus umbris, altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto, sed falsa ad caelum mittunt insomnia manes.Compare There are two gates of Sleep: the one is made of horn, they say, and affords the outlet for genuine apparitions; the other's a gate of brightly-shining ivory: this way the Shades send up to earth false dreams that impose upon us.

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 166.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 756.
Word frequencies
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "geminus, gemina, geminum (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified August 6, 2023. Accessed December 26, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/geminus-gemina-geminum.