"gerro" meaning in Latin

See gerro in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈɡɛr.roː] [Classical-Latin], [ˈd͡ʒɛr.ro] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek γέρρον (gérrhon)bor. Latin gerrae Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ō Latin gerrō From gerrae (“trifles, nonsense”) + -ō. Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|gerrae<t:trifles, nonsense>|-ō<id:noun>|text=+|title=gerrō|tree=1}} Etymology tree Ancient Greek γέρρον (gérrhon)bor. Latin gerrae Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ō Latin gerrō [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "wattled twigs", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "γέρρον", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "gerrae", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "noun", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "individualizing nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ō", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "is_uncertain" : true, "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-Hō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ō", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "gerrō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="gerrō"> From gerrae (“trifles, nonsense”) + -ō. Head templates: {{la-noun|gerrō<3>|g=m}} gerrō m (genitive gerrōnis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|gerrō<3>}} Forms: gerrō [canonical, masculine], gerrōnis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], gerrō [nominative, singular], gerrōnēs [nominative, plural], gerrōnis [genitive, singular], gerrōnum [genitive, plural], gerrōnī [dative, singular], gerrōnibus [dative, plural], gerrōnem [accusative, singular], gerrōnēs [accusative, plural], gerrōne [ablative, singular], gerrōnibus [ablative, plural], gerrō [singular, vocative], gerrōnēs [plural, vocative]
  1. A trifler, an idle fellow Tags: declension-3
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