gumia

Latin

Etymology

From Umbrian 𐌊𐌖𐌌𐌉𐌀𐌚 (kumiaf), from the Proto-Indo-European root common to Latin gemō (“I groan”), Ancient Greek γέμω (gémō, “to be full”), Ancient Greek γόμος (gómos, “load; cargo”), Lithuanian gùmstu (“to grasp”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡu.mi.a/, [ˈɡʊmiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡu.mi.a/, [ˈɡuːmiä]

Noun

gumia m (genitive gumiae); first declension

1. glutton, gourmand

   Synonyms: cataphagās, comēstor, dēgulātor, edō, gāneō, gluttō, gulō, helluō, lurcō, mandō, mandūcō, phagō, polyphagus

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	gumia	gumiae
genitive	gumiae	gumiārum
dative	gumiae	gumiīs
accusative	gumiam	gumiās
ablative	gumiā	gumiīs
vocative	gumia	gumiae

Descendants

• Spanish: gomia

References

• “gomia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “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.