gaesum

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Gaulish *gaisos, *gaisom, from Proto-Celtic *gaisos, whence also Old Irish gae (modern Irish ga) and Welsh gwayw. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡae̯.sũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒɛː.s̬um] === Noun === gaesum n (genitive gaesī); second declension A Gaulish javelin ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ==== → Ancient Greek: γαῖσος (gaîsos), γαῖσον (gaîson) → Old Armenian: գայիսոն (gayison) → Basque: gezi === References === “gaesum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “gaesum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “gaesum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “gaesum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “gaesum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin