gelus
Latin edit
Noun edit
gelus m sg (genitive gelūs); fourth declension
- Alternative form of gelu
Usage notes edit
- Nominative singular gelus and accusative singular gelum are attested in ancient Latin (Old, Classical, Late Latin). These forms could belong to both the second declension (genitive *gelī) and the fourth declension (genitive *gelūs). In dictionaries (Lewis and Short, Gaffiot) it is mentioned as a fourth declension noun.
Declension edit
Fourth-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | gelus |
Genitive | gelūs |
Dative | geluī |
Accusative | gelum |
Ablative | gelū |
Vocative | gelus |
Noun edit
gelūs
References edit
- “gelum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- gelu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- gelus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Middle English edit
Adjective edit
gelus
- Alternative form of jelous
Old French edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin zelosus. See jalous.
Adjective edit
gelus m (oblique and nominative feminine singular geluse or gelusse)
- eager; zealous
- jealous
- circa 1250, Marie de France, Lai de Guigemar,
- Gelus esteit a desmesure
- He was jealous, incredibly so
- circa 1250, Marie de France, Lai de Guigemar,