gemellipara

Italian

Noun

gemellipara f (plural gemellipare)

a mother of twins

Related terms

gemelliparo

Latin

Etymology

gemellus (“twin”) + the root of pariō (“to give birth”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡe.melˈli.pa.ra/, [ɡɛmɛlˈlʲɪpärä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒe.melˈli.pa.ra/, [d͡ʒemelˈliːpärä]

Noun

gemellipara f (genitive gemelliparae); first declension

twin-bearing, mother of twins (an epithet of Latona)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gemellipara	gemelliparae
Genitive	gemelliparae	gemelliparārum
Dative	gemelliparae	gemelliparīs
Accusative	gemelliparam	gemelliparās
Ablative	gemelliparā	gemelliparīs
Vocative	gemellipara	gemelliparae

References

“gemellipara”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“gemellipara”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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