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Gemonian.

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

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Meaning & usage

adj/ɡɪˈməʊ.ni.ən/Received-Pronunciation/d͡ʒɪˈ-/Received-Pronunciation/ɡəˈmoʊ.ni.ən/General-American/d͡ʒəˈ-/General-American
  1. Of or relating to the Gemonian Stairs, a flight of steps used as a place of execution in Ancient Rome.

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Where this word comes from

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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