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|lshtext=<b>gĕmĭnus</b>: a, um, adj. cf.: [[gener]], genui ([[gigno]]),<br /><b>I</b> [[born]] at the [[same]] [[time]], [[twin]]-[[born]], [[twin]]- ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br /> <b>A</b> Adj.: [[tibi]] sunt gemini et trigemini filii, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 123: filios parere, id. Am. 5, 1, 36: C. et L. Fabricii fratres gemini fuerunt ex municipio Aletrinati, [[twin]]-brothers, Cic. Clu. 16, 46; v. [[frater]]: sorores, Ov. M. 4, 774; Hor. C. 4, 7, 5; cf.: [[soror]] gemina germana, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 30: pueri, Verg. A. 8, 631: [[proles]], id. ib. 1, 274: dei (i. e. [[Apollo]] and [[Diana]]), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 425 Vahl.): [[partus]], Liv. 1, 4, 2: [[Castor]], i. e. [[Castor]] and [[Pollux]], Ov. A. A. 1, 746; cf. [[Pollux]], Hor. C. 3, 29, 64: nec [[gemino]] [[bellum]] Trojanum orditur ab ovo, i. e. from Helen, the [[twin]]-[[daughter]] of [[Leda]], id. A. P. 147: fratres, [[Amphion]] [[atque]] [[Zethus]], id. Ep. 1, 18, 41: Quirini, i. e. [[Romulus]] and [[Remus]], Juv. 11, 105.—Comically in the [[sup]].: To. Hic ejus geminust [[frater]]. Do. Hicine'st? To. Ac geminissimus, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 49.—<br /> <b>B</b> Subst.: gĕmĭni, ōrum, m., twins: Servilii, qui gemini fuerunt ... ut [[mater]] geminos internoscit consuetudine oculorum, sic, etc., Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 56 sq.; cf.: geminorum formas esse similes, id. Div. 2, 43, 90; Liv. 1, 6, 4.—Of beasts: ([[asina]]) [[raro]] geminos parit, Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 168.—<br /> <b>2</b> In partic.<br /> <b>a</b> Gemini, as a [[constellation]], The Twins ([[Castor]] and [[Pollux]]; acc. to others, [[Apollo]] and [[Hercules]]), Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 281; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7; called also geminum [[astrum]], Col. poët. 10, 312.—<br /> <b>b</b> Acc. to the Gr. δίδυμοι, the testicles, i. q. testiculi ([[late]] Lat.), Sol. 13; Amm. 16, 7.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen., paired, [[double]], [[two]]-[[fold]], [[both]], [[two]], = [[duplex]], duo: [[gemino]] lucernae lumine declarari, dissensionem et seditionem moveri, Cic. Div. 2, 58, 120; cf.: ex unis geminas mihi conficies nuptias, Ter. And. 4, 1, 51: et [[tripodes]] gemini, Verg. A. 9, 265: cum quaererent alii Numerium, alii Quintium, gemini nominis errore servatus est ([[Numerius]] [[Quintius]]), Cic. Sest. 38, 82: sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera, etc., Verg. A. 6, 894: scopuli, id. ib. 1, 162; cf.: vos, geminae voragines rei publicae, Cic. Pis. 18, 41: huc geminas [[nunc]] flecte [[acies]], [[your]] [[pair]] of eyes, [[both]] eyes, Verg. A. 6, 788: tempora, id. ib. 5, 416: [[nares]], id. G. 4, 300: cornua (Eridani), id. ib. 4, 371: [[manus]], Mart. 10, 10, 10: [[pedes]], Ov. F. 2, 154; for [[which]]: pes, id. A. A. 2, 644: geminae (vites), Col. 3, 2, 10 (for [[which]]: gemellae vites, Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 21): aliae (percussiones numerorum) sunt geminae, [[double]], Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; cf.: geminis vocalibus, Quint. 1, 7, 14: M gemina, id. ib. 8: geminique tulit Chironis in [[antrum]], [[double]]-formed ([[half]] [[man]], [[half]] [[horse]]), Ov. M. 2, 630; 6, 126; cf.: [[corpus]] Tritonis ([[half]] [[man]] and [[half]] [[fish]]), Stat. S. 3, 2, 35: [[Cecrops]] (acc. to a [[myth]], [[half]] [[man]] and [[half]] [[serpent]], or [[half]] [[man]] and [[half]] [[woman]]; or [[else]] as Egyptian and Greek), Ov. M. 2, 555: GEMINA LEGIO, a [[double]] [[legion]] (formed [[out]] of [[two]] legions), epithet of the [[tenth]] [[legion]] in Hispania, Inscr. Orell. 72 sq.; 1214; 2090; 3376 al. (for [[which]]: gemella [[legio]], Caes. B. C. 3, 4, 1; cf. Tac. H. 2, 58): cum geminis exsurgit [[mensa]] lucernis, [[seen]] [[double]] by one in [[drink]], Juv. 6, 305.—<br /> <b>B</b> Resembling, [[similar]], [[like]], as twins: VOLO, MI FRATER, FRATERCULO TUO CREDAS: consorti [[quidem]] in lucris [[atque]] in furtis, [[gemino]] et simillimo [[nequitia]], improbitate, audaciā, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155; cf.: [[Dolabella]] et [[Antonius]] ... [[ecce]] [[tibi]] geminum in scelere [[par]], a [[twin]]-[[pair]], id. Phil. 11, 1, 2; Varr. L. L. 9, § 92: [[par]] est [[avaritia]], [[similis]] [[improbitas]], [[eadem]] [[impudentia]], gemina [[audacia]], Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118 fin.; cf. id. Rosc. Com. 18, 55: quae ([[memoria]]) est gemina litteraturae [[quodammodo]] et in dissimili genere [[persimilis]], [[twin]]-[[sister]], id. Part. 7, 26 (al. germana): illud [[vero]] geminum consiliis Catilinae et Lentuli, [[quod]] me [[domo]] mea expulistis, [[like]], [[similar]], id. Pis. 7, 16; cf.: ambobus [[geminus]] [[cupido]] laudis, Sil. 4, 99. | |lshtext=<b>gĕmĭnus</b>: a, um, adj. cf.: [[gener]], genui ([[gigno]]),<br /><b>I</b> [[born]] at the [[same]] [[time]], [[twin]]-[[born]], [[twin]]- ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br /> <b>A</b> Adj.: [[tibi]] sunt gemini et trigemini filii, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 123: filios parere, id. Am. 5, 1, 36: C. et L. Fabricii fratres gemini fuerunt ex municipio Aletrinati, [[twin]]-brothers, Cic. Clu. 16, 46; v. [[frater]]: sorores, Ov. M. 4, 774; Hor. C. 4, 7, 5; cf.: [[soror]] gemina germana, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 30: pueri, Verg. A. 8, 631: [[proles]], id. ib. 1, 274: dei (i. e. [[Apollo]] and [[Diana]]), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 425 Vahl.): [[partus]], Liv. 1, 4, 2: [[Castor]], i. e. [[Castor]] and [[Pollux]], Ov. A. A. 1, 746; cf. [[Pollux]], Hor. C. 3, 29, 64: nec [[gemino]] [[bellum]] Trojanum orditur ab ovo, i. e. from Helen, the [[twin]]-[[daughter]] of [[Leda]], id. A. P. 147: fratres, [[Amphion]] [[atque]] [[Zethus]], id. Ep. 1, 18, 41: Quirini, i. e. [[Romulus]] and [[Remus]], Juv. 11, 105.—Comically in the [[sup]].: To. Hic ejus geminust [[frater]]. Do. Hicine'st? To. Ac geminissimus, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 49.—<br /> <b>B</b> Subst.: gĕmĭni, ōrum, m., twins: Servilii, qui gemini fuerunt ... ut [[mater]] geminos internoscit consuetudine oculorum, sic, etc., Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 56 sq.; cf.: geminorum formas esse similes, id. Div. 2, 43, 90; Liv. 1, 6, 4.—Of beasts: ([[asina]]) [[raro]] geminos parit, Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 168.—<br /> <b>2</b> In partic.<br /> <b>a</b> Gemini, as a [[constellation]], The Twins ([[Castor]] and [[Pollux]]; acc. to others, [[Apollo]] and [[Hercules]]), Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 281; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7; called also geminum [[astrum]], Col. poët. 10, 312.—<br /> <b>b</b> Acc. to the Gr. δίδυμοι, the testicles, i. q. testiculi ([[late]] Lat.), Sol. 13; Amm. 16, 7.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen., paired, [[double]], [[two]]-[[fold]], [[both]], [[two]], = [[duplex]], duo: [[gemino]] lucernae lumine declarari, dissensionem et seditionem moveri, Cic. Div. 2, 58, 120; cf.: ex unis geminas mihi conficies nuptias, Ter. And. 4, 1, 51: et [[tripodes]] gemini, Verg. A. 9, 265: cum quaererent alii Numerium, alii Quintium, gemini nominis errore servatus est ([[Numerius]] [[Quintius]]), Cic. Sest. 38, 82: sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera, etc., Verg. A. 6, 894: scopuli, id. ib. 1, 162; cf.: vos, geminae voragines rei publicae, Cic. Pis. 18, 41: huc geminas [[nunc]] flecte [[acies]], [[your]] [[pair]] of eyes, [[both]] eyes, Verg. A. 6, 788: tempora, id. ib. 5, 416: [[nares]], id. G. 4, 300: cornua (Eridani), id. ib. 4, 371: [[manus]], Mart. 10, 10, 10: [[pedes]], Ov. F. 2, 154; for [[which]]: pes, id. A. A. 2, 644: geminae (vites), Col. 3, 2, 10 (for [[which]]: gemellae vites, Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 21): aliae (percussiones numerorum) sunt geminae, [[double]], Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; cf.: geminis vocalibus, Quint. 1, 7, 14: M gemina, id. ib. 8: geminique tulit Chironis in [[antrum]], [[double]]-formed ([[half]] [[man]], [[half]] [[horse]]), Ov. M. 2, 630; 6, 126; cf.: [[corpus]] Tritonis ([[half]] [[man]] and [[half]] [[fish]]), Stat. S. 3, 2, 35: [[Cecrops]] (acc. to a [[myth]], [[half]] [[man]] and [[half]] [[serpent]], or [[half]] [[man]] and [[half]] [[woman]]; or [[else]] as Egyptian and Greek), Ov. M. 2, 555: GEMINA LEGIO, a [[double]] [[legion]] (formed [[out]] of [[two]] legions), epithet of the [[tenth]] [[legion]] in Hispania, Inscr. Orell. 72 sq.; 1214; 2090; 3376 al. (for [[which]]: gemella [[legio]], Caes. B. C. 3, 4, 1; cf. Tac. H. 2, 58): cum geminis exsurgit [[mensa]] lucernis, [[seen]] [[double]] by one in [[drink]], Juv. 6, 305.—<br /> <b>B</b> Resembling, [[similar]], [[like]], as twins: VOLO, MI FRATER, FRATERCULO TUO CREDAS: consorti [[quidem]] in lucris [[atque]] in furtis, [[gemino]] et simillimo [[nequitia]], improbitate, audaciā, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155; cf.: [[Dolabella]] et [[Antonius]] ... [[ecce]] [[tibi]] geminum in scelere [[par]], a [[twin]]-[[pair]], id. Phil. 11, 1, 2; Varr. L. L. 9, § 92: [[par]] est [[avaritia]], [[similis]] [[improbitas]], [[eadem]] [[impudentia]], gemina [[audacia]], Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118 fin.; cf. id. Rosc. Com. 18, 55: quae ([[memoria]]) est gemina litteraturae [[quodammodo]] et in dissimili genere [[persimilis]], [[twin]]-[[sister]], id. Part. 7, 26 (al. germana): illud [[vero]] geminum consiliis Catilinae et Lentuli, [[quod]] me [[domo]] mea expulistis, [[like]], [[similar]], id. Pis. 7, 16; cf.: ambobus [[geminus]] [[cupido]] laudis, Sil. 4, 99. | ||
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|gf=(1) <b>gĕmĭnus</b>,⁹ a, um,<br /><b>1</b> jumeau, jumelle : C. et L. Fabricii [[gemini]] fuerunt ex municipio Aletrinati Cic. Clu. 46, C. et L. [[Fabricius]] étaient deux frères jumeaux du municipe d’Alétrium ; [[soror]] gemina Pl. Mil. 383, sœur jumelle ; [[geminus]] [[Castor]] Ov. Ars 1, 746 ; [[geminus]] [[Pollux]] Hor. O. 3, 29, 64, [[Castor]] et [[Pollux]] || [fig.] [[memoria]] [[est]] gemina litteraturæ Cic. Part. 26, la mémoire [[est]] sœur jumelle de l’écriture<br /><b>2</b> double, qui fait le couple (la paire) : geminum lucernæ [[lumen]] Cic. Div. 2, 120, double lumière d’une lampe ; [[vos]], geminæ voragines scopulique [[rei]] publicæ Cic. Pis. 41, vous, les deux gouffres, les deux écueils de l’État || qui réunit deux natures [comme un Centaure] : [[gemini]] Chironis [[antrum]] Ov. M. 2, 630, l’antre de [[Chiron]] au double corps [moitié homme, moitié cheval]<br /><b>3</b> semblable, qui va de pair avec : [[consors]] in furtis [[geminus]] Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 155, complice bien assorti de tes rapines ; geminum in scelere par Cic. Phil. 11, 2, couple bien assorti de scélérats, cf. Amer. 118 || geminissimus Pl. Pers. 830. | |||
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
gĕmĭnus: a, um, adj. cf.: gener, genui (gigno),
I born at the same time, twin-born, twin- (class.).
I Lit.
A Adj.: tibi sunt gemini et trigemini filii, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 123: filios parere, id. Am. 5, 1, 36: C. et L. Fabricii fratres gemini fuerunt ex municipio Aletrinati, twin-brothers, Cic. Clu. 16, 46; v. frater: sorores, Ov. M. 4, 774; Hor. C. 4, 7, 5; cf.: soror gemina germana, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 30: pueri, Verg. A. 8, 631: proles, id. ib. 1, 274: dei (i. e. Apollo and Diana), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 425 Vahl.): partus, Liv. 1, 4, 2: Castor, i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. A. A. 1, 746; cf. Pollux, Hor. C. 3, 29, 64: nec gemino bellum Trojanum orditur ab ovo, i. e. from Helen, the twin-daughter of Leda, id. A. P. 147: fratres, Amphion atque Zethus, id. Ep. 1, 18, 41: Quirini, i. e. Romulus and Remus, Juv. 11, 105.—Comically in the sup.: To. Hic ejus geminust frater. Do. Hicine'st? To. Ac geminissimus, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 49.—
B Subst.: gĕmĭni, ōrum, m., twins: Servilii, qui gemini fuerunt ... ut mater geminos internoscit consuetudine oculorum, sic, etc., Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 56 sq.; cf.: geminorum formas esse similes, id. Div. 2, 43, 90; Liv. 1, 6, 4.—Of beasts: (asina) raro geminos parit, Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 168.—
2 In partic.
a Gemini, as a constellation, The Twins (Castor and Pollux; acc. to others, Apollo and Hercules), Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 281; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7; called also geminum astrum, Col. poët. 10, 312.—
b Acc. to the Gr. δίδυμοι, the testicles, i. q. testiculi (late Lat.), Sol. 13; Amm. 16, 7.—
II Transf.
A In gen., paired, double, two-fold, both, two, = duplex, duo: gemino lucernae lumine declarari, dissensionem et seditionem moveri, Cic. Div. 2, 58, 120; cf.: ex unis geminas mihi conficies nuptias, Ter. And. 4, 1, 51: et tripodes gemini, Verg. A. 9, 265: cum quaererent alii Numerium, alii Quintium, gemini nominis errore servatus est (Numerius Quintius), Cic. Sest. 38, 82: sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera, etc., Verg. A. 6, 894: scopuli, id. ib. 1, 162; cf.: vos, geminae voragines rei publicae, Cic. Pis. 18, 41: huc geminas nunc flecte acies, your pair of eyes, both eyes, Verg. A. 6, 788: tempora, id. ib. 5, 416: nares, id. G. 4, 300: cornua (Eridani), id. ib. 4, 371: manus, Mart. 10, 10, 10: pedes, Ov. F. 2, 154; for which: pes, id. A. A. 2, 644: geminae (vites), Col. 3, 2, 10 (for which: gemellae vites, Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 21): aliae (percussiones numerorum) sunt geminae, double, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; cf.: geminis vocalibus, Quint. 1, 7, 14: M gemina, id. ib. 8: geminique tulit Chironis in antrum, double-formed (half man, half horse), Ov. M. 2, 630; 6, 126; cf.: corpus Tritonis (half man and half fish), Stat. S. 3, 2, 35: Cecrops (acc. to a myth, half man and half serpent, or half man and half woman; or else as Egyptian and Greek), Ov. M. 2, 555: GEMINA LEGIO, a double legion (formed out of two legions), epithet of the tenth legion in Hispania, Inscr. Orell. 72 sq.; 1214; 2090; 3376 al. (for which: gemella legio, Caes. B. C. 3, 4, 1; cf. Tac. H. 2, 58): cum geminis exsurgit mensa lucernis, seen double by one in drink, Juv. 6, 305.—
B Resembling, similar, like, as twins: VOLO, MI FRATER, FRATERCULO TUO CREDAS: consorti quidem in lucris atque in furtis, gemino et simillimo nequitia, improbitate, audaciā, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155; cf.: Dolabella et Antonius ... ecce tibi geminum in scelere par, a twin-pair, id. Phil. 11, 1, 2; Varr. L. L. 9, § 92: par est avaritia, similis improbitas, eadem impudentia, gemina audacia, Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118 fin.; cf. id. Rosc. Com. 18, 55: quae (memoria) est gemina litteraturae quodammodo et in dissimili genere persimilis, twin-sister, id. Part. 7, 26 (al. germana): illud vero geminum consiliis Catilinae et Lentuli, quod me domo mea expulistis, like, similar, id. Pis. 7, 16; cf.: ambobus geminus cupido laudis, Sil. 4, 99.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) gĕmĭnus,⁹ a, um,
1 jumeau, jumelle : C. et L. Fabricii gemini fuerunt ex municipio Aletrinati Cic. Clu. 46, C. et L. Fabricius étaient deux frères jumeaux du municipe d’Alétrium ; soror gemina Pl. Mil. 383, sœur jumelle ; geminus Castor Ov. Ars 1, 746 ; geminus Pollux Hor. O. 3, 29, 64, Castor et Pollux
