gammus

Latin

Etymology

    Uncertain. Possibly a conflation of damma (“fallow deer”) and camōx (“chamois”).[1]

    Noun

    gammus m (genitive gammī); second declension

    1. fallow deer

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative gammus gammī
    genitive gammī gammōrum
    dative gammō gammīs
    accusative gammum gammōs
    ablative gammō gammīs
    vocative gamme gammī

    References

    1. ^ Joan Coromines; José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984), “gamo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 58

    Further reading

    • “gammus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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