ulmus
See also: Ulmus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *olmos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“mountain elm”) (compare Old Irish lem, English elm).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈʊɫ.mʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈul.mus]
Noun
ulmus f (genitive ulmī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ulmus | ulmī |
| genitive | ulmī | ulmōrum |
| dative | ulmō | ulmīs |
| accusative | ulmum | ulmōs |
| ablative | ulmō | ulmīs |
| vocative | ulme | ulmī |
Descendants
- Aromanian: ulmu
- Catalan: om
- Esperanto: ulmo
- French: orme
- Franc-Comtois: oûerme
- Galician: olmo, umeiro
- Italian: olmo
- Occitan: olm, olme
- Old French: olme, orme
- Portuguese: olmo
- Romanian: ulm
- Romansch: ulm, uolm
- Sardinian: úlimu, úlumu, úlumu, urmu
- Sicilian: urmu
- Spanish: olmo
- Translingual: Ulmus
- Venetan: olmo
References
- “ulmus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ulmus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ulmus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “ulmus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly