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

Noun

dūmus m (genitive dūmī); second declension

  1. bush, shrub

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

  1. (dialectal) accusative masculine plural of dums