geminus
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 || [fig.] memoria est gemina litteraturæ Cic. Part. 26, la mémoire est sœur jumelle de l’écriture
2 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]
3 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.
Latin > German (Georges)
geminus, a, um (viell. v. geno = gigno), doppelt der Geburt nach, zugleich geboren, Zwilling, I) eig.: pueri, Verg.: proles, Verg.: fratres gemini u. bl. gemini, Cic.: geminus frater, Plaut.: frater germanus geminus, leiblicher Zwillingsbruder, Plaut.: dah. Gemini, die Zwillinge, ein Gestirn, Varro u. Plin.: Castor, Ov., od. Pollux, Hor., Kastor u. Pollux: von einem Zwillingsbruder, geminissumus, Plaut. Pers. 830. – v. Lebl., gemini, griech. δίδυμοι, die Hoden, Solin. u. Amm. – II) übtr.: A) übh. doppelt, a) doppeltgestaltet, Chiron, Zentaur, halb Mensch u. halb Pferd, Ov.: Cecrops, halb Grieche u. halb Ägypter, Ov. – b) doppelt = zweifach, zwei, nuptiae, Ter.: lumen, Cic.: portae, Verg.: Ianus, Vell.: legio, Doppellegion (= aus zwei Legionen gebildete), Inscr. – od. = beide, pes, Ov.: pedes, Ov.: acies,Verg. – B) wie Zwillinge ähnlich, gleich, geminus et simillimus nequitiā, Cic.: audacia, Cic.: quae (memoria) est gemina litteraturae quodammodo, der Zwillingsbruder der Buchstabenschrift, gleichs. eine zweite B., Cic.: illud vero geminum consiliis Catilinae et Lentuli, gleich, gemeinsam, Cic.
Latin > English
geminus gemina, geminum ADJ :: twin, double; twin-born; both
geminus geminus gemini N M :: twins (pl.)
