Gelo

See also: gelo and gelò

Latin

Alternative forms

• Gelōn

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γέλων (Gélōn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɛ.ɫoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒɛː.lo]

Proper noun

Gelō m sg (genitive Gelōnis); third declension

1. King of Syracuse and son of Hiero

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	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.