Gemonian

发音

UK /ɡɪˈməʊ.ni.ən/
UK /d͡ʒɪˈ-/
US /ɡəˈmoʊ.ni.ən/
US /d͡ʒəˈ-/

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

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

词源

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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