gumia
التعريفات والمعاني
== Latin ==
=== Etymology ===
Uncertain. Perhaps from Umbrian 𐌊𐌖𐌌𐌉𐌀𐌚 (kumiaf, “pregnant”), from the Proto-Indo-European *gem-. De Vaan, however, doubts this etymology due to the semantic differences between the Umbrian and Latin terms.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡʊ.mi.a]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɡuː.mi.a]
=== Noun ===
gumia m (genitive gumiae); first declension
glutton, gourmand
Synonyms: cataphagās, comēstor, dēgulātor, edō, gāneō, gluttō, gulō, helluō, lurcō, mandō, mandūcō, phagō, polyphagus
==== Declension ====
First-declension noun.
==== Descendants ====
Spanish: gomia
=== Further reading ===
“gomia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
“gumia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“gumia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Pokorny, Julius (1959), “gem-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 368-369