gerula

Latin

Etymology

From gerulus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.ru.la/, [ˈɡɛrʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.ru.la/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːrulä]

Noun

gerula f (genitive gerulae); first declension

1. bearer, porter (female)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gerula	gerulae
Genitive	gerulae	gerulārum
Dative	gerulae	gerulīs
Accusative	gerulam	gerulās
Ablative	gerulā	gerulīs
Vocative	gerula	gerulae

Descendants

• Italian: gerla

References

• “gerula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gerula 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)
• gerula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.