geusiae

Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish *geusi (“to pour”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-. Related to Welsh gewai (“glutton”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡeu̯.si.ae̯/, [ˈɡɛu̯s̠iäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡeu̯.si.e/, [ˈɡɛːu̯sie]

Noun

geusiae f pl (genitive geusiārum); first declension (plural only)

1. (anatomy) throat, maw

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	geusiae
genitive	geusiārum
dative	geusiīs
accusative	geusiās
ablative	geusiīs
vocative	geusiae

Descendants

• Aromanian: gushi, gushã, gushe
• Old French: geuse, ⇒ josier, gouziller, gosillier
  • French: gosier
  • → English: guzzle (possibly)
• Friulian: gose
• Italian: gozzo
• Lombard: goss, gòss
• ⇒ Piedmontese: gausé
• Romanian: gușă
  • → Albanian: gushë
• Sicilian: guzzu

References

• geusiae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Delamarre, Xavier. Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental, 2nd edn. Paris: Errance, 2003 (1st edn. 2001)
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gewai”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies