ramus

See also: Ramus and rámus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rāmus (“branch”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹeɪməs/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪməs

Noun

ramus (plural rami)

  1. A small spray or twig.
  2. (biology) A branching, as of nerves or blood vessels.
  3. (ornithology) The stem of a barb of a feather, from which the barbules extend.
  4. (anatomy) A bony projection, particularly of the jaw, but also in the groin area, both subject to the maturing process of symphysis.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Italic *wrādmos, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂dmos, from *wréh₂ds (“root”). Cognate with rādīx.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

rāmus m (genitive rāmī); second declension

  1. branch, bough, limb
    Adeō tenerī rāmī sunt, ut laevī tactū digitī dēcutiantur.
    The branches are so soft that they can be shaken off by the touch of a left finger.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative rāmus rāmī
genitive rāmī rāmōrum
dative rāmō rāmīs
accusative rāmum rāmōs
ablative rāmō rāmīs
vocative rāme rāmī

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Eastern Romance:
    • Romanian: ram
  • Italian: ramo
  • Old French: raim, rain, ram, reim, rein
  • Old Occitan: ram
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: ramo
  • Old Spanish: ramo
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
  • → Albanian: rremb
  • → English: ramus
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *rāma
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *ramellus
    • Old French: ramel
      • French: rameau
      • Walloon: ramxhyî
    • Old Occitan: ramel
      • Occitan: ramèl
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *dērāmō, *dērāmāre

References

  • “ramus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ramus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "ramus", 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)
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the twigs are shooting out, spreading: rami late diffunduntur
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 513

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Lithuanian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rem- (“to rest”).[1] Compare Latvian rāms (“calm, tranquil”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rɐˈmʊs̪]

Adjective

ramùs m (stress pattern: 4) [2]

  1. calm
    ramus miegas[2] - calm sleep
    ramus oras[2] - calm weather
    rami jūra[2] - a calm sea
    rami gatvė[2] - a tranquil street

Inflection

Non-pronominal forms (neįvardžiuotinės formos) of ramus
positive degree
neuter ramù
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
nominative ramùs rãmūs rami̇̀ rãmios
genitive ramaũs ramių̃ ramiõs ramių̃
dative ramiám rami̇́ems rãmiai ramióms
accusative rãmų ramiùs rãmią ramiàs
instrumental ramiù ramiai̇̃s ramià ramiomi̇̀s
locative ramiamè ramiuosè ramiojè ramiosè
vocative ramùs rãmūs rami̇̀ rãmios
comparative degree
neuter ramiaũ
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
nominative ramèsnis ramesni̇̀ ramèsnė ramèsnės
genitive ramèsnio ramesnių̃ ramesnė̃s ramesnių̃
dative ramesniám ramesni̇́ems ramèsnei ramesnė̃ms
accusative ramèsnį ramesniùs ramèsnę ramesnès
instrumental ramesniù ramesniai̇̃s ramesnè ramesnėmi̇̀s
locative ramesniamè ramesniuosè ramèsnėje ramesnėsè
superlative degree
neuter ramiáusia
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
nominative ramiáusias ramiáusi ramiáusia ramiáusios
genitive ramiáusio ramiáusių ramiáusios ramiáusių
dative ramiáusiam ramiáusiems ramiáusiai ramiáusioms
accusative ramiáusią ramiáusius ramiáusią ramiáusias
instrumental ramiáusiu ramiáusiais ramiáusia ramiáusiomis
locative ramiáusiame ramiáusiuose ramiáusioje ramiáusiose
Pronominal forms (įvardžiuotinės formos) of ramus
positive degree
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
nominative ramùsis rami̇́eji ramióji rãmiosios
genitive rãmiojo ramių̃jų ramiõsios ramių̃jų
dative ramiájam rami̇́esiems rãmiajai ramiósioms
accusative rãmųjį ramiúosius rãmiąją ramią́sias
instrumental ramiúoju ramiai̇̃siais ramią́ja ramiõsiomis
locative ramiãjame ramiuõsiuose ramiõjoje ramiõsiose
vocative ramùsis rami̇́eji ramióji rãmiosios
comparative degree
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
nominative ramesnỹsis ramesni̇́eji ramesnióji ramèsniosios
genitive ramèsniojo ramesnių̃jų ramesniõsios ramesnių̃jų
dative ramesniájam ramesni̇́esiems ramèsniajai ramesniósioms
accusative ramèsnįjį ramesniúosius ramèsniąją ramesnią́sias
instrumental ramesniúoju ramesniai̇̃siais ramesnią́ja ramesniõsiomis
locative ramesniãjame ramesniuõsiuose ramesniõjoje ramesniõsiose
superlative degree
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
nominative ramiáusiasis ramiáusieji ramiáusioji ramiáusiosios
genitive ramiáusiojo ramiáusiųjų ramiáusiosios ramiáusiųjų
dative ramiáusiajam ramiáusiesiems ramiáusiajai ramiáusiosioms
accusative ramiáusiąjį ramiáusiuosius ramiáusiąją ramiáusiąsias
instrumental ramiáusiuoju ramiáusiaisiais ramiáusiąja ramiáusiosiomis
locative ramiáusiajame ramiáusiuosiuose ramiáusiojoje ramiáusiosiose

Synonyms

  • tylus

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “ramus”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 “ramus” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
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