fimum

Latin

Alternative forms

fimus

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *fūje-, from earlier *θūje, modeled on Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-. See also Latin furvus (“dark, swarthy”), fūmus (“smoke”) and fūlīgō (“soot”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfɪ.mũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfiː.mum]

Noun

fimum n (genitive fimī); second declension

dung, ordure, excrement

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	fimum	fima
genitive	fimī	fimōrum
dative	fimō	fimīs
accusative	fimum	fima
ablative	fimō	fimīs
vocative	fimum	fima

Derived terms

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: fimo
⇒ Vulgar Latin: *femum
- Gallo-Romance:
  - Catalan: fem
  - Franco-Provençal: fien
  - Old French: fien
- Ibero-Romance:
  - Aragonese: fiemo
    - → Spanish: fiemo, fimo
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *femārium
  - Old French: femier
    - → Sicilian: fumeri

References

fimum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.