“G”

Ganymēdēs, -ae. Ganymede or Ganymedes.

garriō, garrīre: to gossip, chatter, prattle.

garrulus, -a, -um: talkative, gossiping, chattering.

gaudeō, gaudēre, gavīsus sum (+ abl.): to delight, rejoice (in ...).

gaudium, -ī, n,: joy.

gelidus, -a, -um: icy, frozen.

geminus, -a, -um: twin.

gemitus, -ūs, m.: sob, sigh, groan.

gemō, gemere, gemuī, – : to groan, creak, sigh.

gemma, -ae, f.: gem.

gena, -ae, f.: cheek.

gener, generī, m.: son-in-law.

geniālis lectus or torus: the marriage bed.

genitor, -ōris, m.: begetter, sire, father.

gēns, gentis, f.: clan, family, race.

genu, -ūs, n.: knee.

genuit, genitūrus: see gignō.

genus, generis, n.: race, family; kind; sort.

germānus, -a, -um: having the same parents; related; sibling- ; real, genuine.

germinō, germināre, germināvī, germinātum: to sprout, germinate; spring up, grow.

gerō, gerere, gessī, gestum: to carry about; to wear; to carry out, do; have, entertain (feelings); (pass.) to ride, be driven; sē gerere = “to behave”; bellum gerere = “to wage war”.

gessit: v. gerō.

gigās, gigantis, m.: giant.

gignō, gignere, genuī, genitum: to beget, sire.

glaber, glabra, -um: smooth.

gladius, -ī, m.: sword.

glaciēs, -ēī, f.: ice.

glaeba, -ae, f.: sod, clod of earth.

globulus, -ī, m.: a ball.

gloria, -ae, f.: glory, honor, distinction; boasting.

glorior, gloriārī, gloriātus sum: to vaunt, boast about, brag.

gloriōsus, -a, -um: bragging, boastful.

gnārus, -a, -um (+ gen.): expert in, knowing.

gracilis, -e: slender, slim.

gradātim (adv.): step by step, imperceptibly, gradually.

gradior, gradī, grassus sum: to step, walk.

gradus, -ūs, m.: step, gait.

Graeculus, ī, m. or Graecula, -ae, f.: a little Greek; Greekling (disparaging).

Graecus, -a, -um: Greek; (subst.) a Greek; Graecē (adv.) = “in Greek”; Graecia, -ae, f.: Greece.

grāmen, -minis, m.: grass.

grandis, -e: grand, large.

grātia, -ae, f.: favour, grace; charm; grātiā + gen. = “for the sake of”; gratiās agō + dat. = “to thank someone”.

Grātiae, -ārum: the Charites, the Grace (attendants of Venus).

grātus, -a, -um (+ dat.): pleasing, welcome; charming; grātum facere: to do a favor.

gravis, -e: heavy; grave, serious; graviter (adv.) seriously, gravely.

gravidus, -a, -um: weighty, heavy; gravida esse = “be pregnant”.

gravitās, -tātis, f.: heaviness, seriousness, gravity.

gremium, -ī, n.: lap.

grex, gregis, m.: flock.

gryllus, -ī, m.: cricket.

gubernō, gubernāre, gubernāvī, gubernātum: to steer (a ship); manage, direct, govern.

gulōsus, -a, -um: gluttonous.

gurges, gurgitis, f.: a whirlpool, eddy.

gutta, -ae, f.: a droplet.