Gelo

See also: gelo and gelò

Latin

Alternative forms

Gelōn

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γέλων (Gélōn).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.loː/, [ˈɡɛɫ̪oː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.lo/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːlo]

Proper noun

Gelō m sg (genitive Gelōnis); third declension

King of Syracuse and son of Hiero

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Gelō
Genitive	Gelōnis
Dative	Gelōnī
Accusative	Gelōnem
Ablative	Gelōne
Vocative	Gelō

Descendants

Italian: Gelone

References

“Gelo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Gelo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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