gerulus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-ésti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ǵésti

Proto-Italic *gesō

Latin gerō

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Latin gerulus

From gerō + -ulus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɛ.rʊ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒɛː.ru.lus]

Noun

gerulus m (genitive gerulī); second declension

1. a bearer, carrier
2. one who does something, a doer

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	gerulus	gerulī
genitive	gerulī	gerulōrum
dative	gerulō	gerulīs
accusative	gerulum	gerulōs
ablative	gerulō	gerulīs
vocative	gerule	gerulī

Derived terms

• gerula

References

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