fimo

Italian

Etymology

From Latin fimum (“dung”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfi.mo/
  • Rhymes: -imo
  • Hyphenation: fì‧mo

Noun

fimo m (plural fimi)

  1. (literary) dung, ordure
    Synonyms: letame, stabbio, sterco
    • 1822, Ippolito Pindemonte, transl., Odissea [Odyssey]‎[1], Verona: Società Tipografica Editrice, translation of Ὀδύσσεια (Odýsseia) by Homer, Libro XVII, page 506, lines 358–359:
      Negletto allor giacea nel molto fimo ¶ di muli, e buoi sparso alle porte innanzi, […]
      At the time, it laid neglected upon the abundant dung ¶ of mules and oxen, scattered in front of the doors, […]
    • 1904, Giovanni Pascoli, “La canzone del bucato”, in Primi poemetti [First short poems]‎[2], Bologna: Zanichelli, published 1907, Section III, page 116:
      Sopra le margherite e sopra il timo ¶ stava la tela, e si vedea lì presso ¶ un canapaio nero ancor di fimo.
      Upon the daisies and the thyme ¶ laid the cloth, and nearby could be seen ¶ a hemp field still blackened by the ordure.

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

fimō

  1. dative/ablative singular of fimus

Etymology 2

Dialectical form of firmō.

Verb

fimō (present infinitive fimāre, perfect active fimāvī, supine fimātum); first conjugation

  1. (Hispanic, dialectal) Late Latin form of firmō
    • 1778, Isidore of Seville, Bartolomé Ulloa, Divi Isidori Hispalensis Episcopi Opera Philippi Secundi‎[3], Monasterium Conceptionis Hieronynianae, page 428:
      Hic plura instrumenta agriculturae reperit, primusque agros fimavit.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes

In some manuscripts, the text from Isidore of Seville is rendered as "firmavit."

Conjugation
   Conjugation of fimō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present fimō fimās fimat fimāmus fimātis fimant
imperfect fimābam fimābās fimābat fimābāmus fimābātis fimābant
future fimābō fimābis fimābit fimābimus fimābitis fimābunt
perfect fimāvī fimāvistī fimāvit fimāvimus fimāvistis fimāvērunt,
fimāvēre
pluperfect fimāveram fimāverās fimāverat fimāverāmus fimāverātis fimāverant
future perfect fimāverō fimāveris fimāverit fimāverimus fimāveritis fimāverint
passive present fimor fimāris,
fimāre 		fimātur fimāmur fimāminī fimantur
imperfect fimābar fimābāris,
fimābāre 		fimābātur fimābāmur fimābāminī fimābantur
future fimābor fimāberis,
fimābere 		fimābitur fimābimur fimābiminī fimābuntur
perfect fimātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect fimātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect fimātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present fimem fimēs fimet fimēmus fimētis fiment
imperfect fimārem fimārēs fimāret fimārēmus fimārētis fimārent
perfect fimāverim fimāverīs fimāverit fimāverīmus fimāverītis fimāverint
pluperfect fimāvissem fimāvissēs fimāvisset fimāvissēmus fimāvissētis fimāvissent
passive present fimer fimēris,
fimēre 		fimētur fimēmur fimēminī fimentur
imperfect fimārer fimārēris,
fimārēre 		fimārētur fimārēmur fimārēminī fimārentur
perfect fimātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect fimātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — fimā — — fimāte —
future — fimātō fimātō — fimātōte fimantō
passive present — fimāre — — fimāminī —
future — fimātor fimātor — — fimantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present fimāre fimārī fimāns —
future fimātūrum esse fimātum īrī fimātūrus fimandus
perfect fimāvisse fimātum esse — fimātus
future perfect — fimātum fore — —
perfect potential fimātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
fimandī fimandō fimandum fimandō fimātum fimātū
Descendants
  • Catalan: femar
  • Old Provençal: femar

References

  • Adams, J. N. (2007) The Regional Diversification of Latin 200 BC - AD 600‎[4], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 426

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Aragonese fiemo, from Latin fimum (“dung”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfimo/ [ˈfi.mo]
  • Rhymes: -imo
  • Syllabification: fi‧mo

Noun

fimo m (plural fimos)

  1. dung
    Synonym: estiércol

Further reading

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