geusiae

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Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish *geusi (“to pour”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-. Related to Welsh gewai (“glutton”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡeu̯.si.ae̯/, [ˈɡɛu̯s̠iäe̯]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡeu̯.si.e/, [ˈɡɛːu̯sie]

Noun

geusiae f pl (genitive geusiārum); first declension (plural only)

(anatomy) throat, maw

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	geusiae
genitive	geusiārum
dative	geusiīs
accusative	geusiās
ablative	geusiīs
vocative	geusiae

Descendants

Aromanian: gushi, gushã, gushe
Old French: geuse, ⇒ josier, gouziller, gosillier
- French: gosier
- → English: guzzle (possibly)
Friulian: gose
Italian: gozzo
Lombard: goss, gòss
⇒ Piedmontese: gausé
Romanian: gușă
- → Albanian: gushë
Sicilian: guzzu

References

geusiae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Delamarre, Xavier. Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental, 2nd edn. Paris: Errance, 2003 (1st edn. 2001)
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gewai”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies