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The corpus record — Latin

gemmo

gemmo · v. n

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Where it lives

  • Panegyricus de tertio consulatu Honorii Augusti 1 · 7.24/10k
  • Divus Claudius 2 · 6.74/10k
  • Gallieni Duo 2 · 5.44/10k
  • Verus 1 · 4.86/10k
  • Epithalamium de nuptiis Honorii Augusti 1 · 4.57/10k
  • Firmus Saturninus, Proculus et Bonosus 1 · 4.32/10k
  • De Cultu Feminarum 2 · 3.9/10k
  • Culex, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 3.83/10k
  • Carus et Carinus et Numerianus 1 · 3.77/10k
  • Antoninus Heliogabalus 2 · 3.45/10k
  • Contra Symmachum 4 · 3.33/10k
  • de consulatu Stilichonis 2 · 2.64/10k

Densest 12 of 39 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

gemmo — Lewis & Short

gemmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and

I a. [gemma].
I (Acc. to gemma, I.) To put forth buds, to bud or gem: id fit antequam gemmare Aut florere quid incipit, Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 4; Col. 4, 27, 1: gemmare vites, luxuriem esse in herbis, laetas segetes etiam rustici dicunt, Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 155; id. Or. 24, 81 (cf.: necessitate rustici gemmam in vitibus dicunt, Quint. 8, 6, 6); v. gemma init.—In the part. pres.: gemmantem oculum caecare, Col. 4, 24, 16: vinea, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 188: sarmenta, Pall. Febr. 32: surculi rosarum, id. Nov. 11; for which in the part. perf.: melius proveniet, si ponendus ramus gemmata jam matre sumatur, Pall. Mart. 10, 2.—
II (Acc. to gemma, II.; poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
A Neutr., to be adorned with precious stones, to sparkle with gems.
1 Lit. (only in the part. pres.): gemmantia sceptra, Ov. M. 3, 264: gemmantia litora, Manil. 4, 652.—
2 Transf., to glitter, sparkle, like gems: herbae gemmantes rore recenti, Lucr. 2, 319; 5, 461: gemmantes explicat alas (pavo), Mart. 13, 70; cf.: pinnae caudae (pavonis), Col. 8, 11, 8; Pall. 1, 28, 2 (see also gemma, II. 2. c. and gemmeus, II. B.): memphites (lapis) gemmantis naturae, Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 56.

In the wild

6 of 65 attestations shown.

Where it came from

  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. gemmo (scan p. 293; entry #4590).

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