gelus

gelus m sg (genitive gelūs); fourth declension

1. Alternative form of gelu

• Nominative singular gelus and accusative singular gelum are attested in ancient Latin (Old, Classical, Late Latin). These forms could belong to both the second declension (genitive *gelī) and the fourth declension (genitive *gelūs). In dictionaries (Lewis and Short, Gaffiot) it is mentioned as a fourth declension noun.

Fourth-declension noun, singular only.

gelūs

1. genitive singular of gelū

• “gelum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gelu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• gelus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

gelus

1. Alternative form of jelous

From Late Latin zelosus. See jalous.

gelus m (oblique and nominative feminine singular geluse or gelusse)

1. eager; zealous
2. jealous
   • circa 1250, Marie de France, Lai de Guigemar,

     Gelus esteit a desmesure

     He was jealous, incredibly so