celeusma

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κέλευσμα (kéleusma).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɛˈɫɛu̯s.ma]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃeˈlɛu̯z.ma]

Noun

celeusma n (genitive celeusmatis); third declension
celeusma f (genitive celeusmae); first declension

(nautical) A call given by the stroke to other oarsmen to keep time

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	celeusma	celeusmata
genitive	celeusmatis	celeusmatum
dative	celeusmatī	celeusmatibus
accusative	celeusma	celeusmata
ablative	celeusmate	celeusmatibus
vocative	celeusma	celeusmata

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	celeusma	celeusmae
genitive	celeusmae	celeusmārum
dative	celeusmae	celeusmīs
accusative	celeusmam	celeusmās
ablative	celeusmā	celeusmīs
vocative	celeusma	celeusmae

Descendants

Ligurian: ciüsma (Old Genoese)
- → Italian: ciurma
  - → Catalan: xurma
  - → French: chiourme
  - → Greek: τσούρμο (tsoúrmo)
  - → Occitan: chorma
- → Portuguese: chusma
- → Spanish: chusma
Sicilian: chiurma
Spanish: saloma

References

“celeusma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
celeusma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.