eremus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐρῆμος (erêmos), ἤρεμος (ḗremos).

Adjective

erē̆mus (feminine erē̆ma, neuter erē̆mum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (relational, Late Latin) waste, desert

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative erē̆mus erē̆ma erē̆mum erē̆mī erē̆mae erē̆ma
genitive erē̆mī erē̆mae erē̆mī erē̆mōrum erē̆mārum erē̆mōrum
dative erē̆mō erē̆mae erē̆mō erē̆mīs
accusative erē̆mum erē̆mam erē̆mum erē̆mōs erē̆mās erē̆ma
ablative erē̆mō erē̆mā erē̆mō erē̆mīs
vocative erē̆me erē̆ma erē̆mum erē̆mī erē̆mae erē̆ma

Noun

erē̆mus m (genitive erē̆mī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) wasteland, wilderness, desert

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative erē̆mus erē̆mī
genitive erē̆mī erē̆mōrum
dative erē̆mō erē̆mīs
accusative erē̆mum erē̆mōs
ablative erē̆mō erē̆mīs
vocative erē̆me erē̆mī

Descendants

  • Aromanian: ermu
  • Asturian: ermu
  • Catalan: erm
  • Galician: ermo
  • Italian: ermo, eremo
  • Occitan: èrm
  • Portuguese: ermo
  • Sicilian: ermu, èrimu
  • Spanish: yermo

References

  • “eremus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "eremus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • eremus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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