Gemonian
Meanings
adj
- Of or relating to the Gemonian Stairs, a flight of steps used as a place of execution in Ancient Rome.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
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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