thymum
Latin
Noun
thymum
- accusative singular of thymus
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ancient Greek θύμον (thúmon), often said to be from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“haze, smoke”)[1][2][3], but Beekes finds this unconvincing and instead suggests a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtʰy.mum/, [ˈtʰʏ.mũ]
Noun
thymum n (genitive thymī); second declension
- thyme
Declension
Second declension neuter.
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | thymum | thyma |
| genitive | thymī | thymōrum |
| dative | thymō | thymīs |
| accusative | thymum | thyma |
| ablative | thymō | thymīs |
| vocative | thymum | thyma |
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
- “thymum” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill