dumus
See also: dūmus
Latin
Etymology
From Old Latin dusmus, dusimus (“place full of brambles”), from Proto-Indo-European *dens- (“thick, dense”), related to Ancient Greek δασύς (dasús, “hairy, shaggy, dense”) and Latin dēnsus.
Compare typologically Bulgarian гъстак (gǎstak) (< гъст (gǎst)).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈduː.mʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd̪uː.mus]
Noun
dūmus m (genitive dūmī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dūmus | dūmī |
| genitive | dūmī | dūmōrum |
| dative | dūmō | dūmīs |
| accusative | dūmum | dūmōs |
| ablative | dūmō | dūmīs |
| vocative | dūme | dūmī |
References
- “dumus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dumus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Latvian
Adjective
dumus
- (dialectal) accusative masculine plural of dums