Etymology

Gemonian

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Today it means: Of or relating to the Gemonian Stairs, a flight of steps used as a place of execution in Ancient Rome. Full definition →

Latin gemoniae
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromgemoniae“of laments”
  2. English todayGemonian

From Latin gemoniae (“of laments”) (from gemō) + -an, referring to the scalae gemoniae ("stairway of laments") where the bodies of executed people were exposed.

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