thymum

Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek θύμον (thúmon).

Pronunciation

Noun

thymum n (genitive thymī); second declension

  1. thyme
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.436:
      fervet opus, redolentque thymō frāgrantia mella
      [The beehive] seethes [with] activity, and the fragrant honey is sweet with thyme.
Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative thymum thyma
genitive thymī thymōrum
dative thymō thymīs
accusative thymum thyma
ablative thymō thymīs
vocative thymum thyma

Etymology 2

Noun

thymum

  1. accusative singular of thymus

References

  • “thymum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “thymum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • thymum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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