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fumus
fumus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *fūmos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”). Cognates include Ancient Greek θυμός (thumós), Sanskrit धूम (dhūmá) and Old Church Slavonic дꙑмъ (dymŭ), English dust.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfuː.mus/
Noun
fūmus m (genitive fūmī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fūmus | fūmī |
| genitive | fūmī | fūmōrum |
| dative | fūmō | fūmīs |
| accusative | fūmum | fūmōs |
| ablative | fūmō | fūmīs |
| vocative | fūme | fūmī |
Derived terms
Related terms
- fumos vendere
Descendants
References
- fumus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fumus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- FUMUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fumus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.