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gemmas

gemmas is a Latin form of gemma, meaning “jewel, gem; bud”. It is the accusative plural feminine noun.

Found 43 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.4.8: … in provinciam cum imperio ac securibus misimus, omnia qui signa, tabulas pictas, omne argentum, aurum, ebur, gemmas coemeret, nihil cuiquam relinqueret! haec enim mihi ad omnia defensio patefieri videtur, emisse. primum, si i …

Horace, Epistulae 2.2.180: Gemmas, marmor, ebur, Tyrrhena sigilla, tabellas,

All forms of gemma (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.