fomes
English
Etymology
From Latin fōmes (“touchwood, tinder”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfoʊ.miːz/
Noun
fomes (plural fomites)
- (medicine, obsolete) Any substance supposed to be capable of absorbing, retaining, and transporting contagious or infectious germs.
- Woollen clothes are said to be active fomites.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for fomes in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- MEFOs
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-. Related to Latin foveō (“I keep warm”), compare Latin fōmentum (“compress, poultice; kindling; mitigation”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfoː.mes/, [ˈfoː.mɛs]
Noun
fōmes f (genitive fōmitis); third declension
- tinder, kindling
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fōmes | fōmitēs |
| Genitive | fōmitis | fōmitum |
| Dative | fōmitī | fōmitibus |
| Accusative | fōmitem | fōmitēs |
| Ablative | fōmite | fōmitibus |
| Vocative | fōmes | fōmitēs |
References
- fomes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fomes in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fomes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Middle English
Noun
fomes
- plural of fome
Portuguese
Noun
fomes
- Plural of noun fome.
Spanish
Adjective
fomes
- plural of fome