gerdius

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γέρδιος (gérdios), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵers- (“to twist; to plait”).[1] See also Old Armenian ծառ (caṙ, “tree”), Ancient Greek γέρρον (gérrhon, “wattle-fence”) and Old Norse kjarr (“copsewood, brush-wood, thicket”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡer.di.us/, [ˈɡɛr.di.ʊs]

Noun

gerdius m (genitive gerdiī); second declension

  1. a weaver

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gerdius gerdiī
Genitive gerdiī gerdiōrum
Dative gerdiō gerdiīs
Accusative gerdium gerdiōs
Ablative gerdiō gerdiīs
Vocative gerdie gerdiī

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959), “gers-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 392-393
  • gerdius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gerdius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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