tomus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “section, roll of papyrus, volume”), from τέμνω (témnō, “I cut, separate”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈto.mus/, [ˈt̪ɔmʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈto.mus/, [ˈt̪ɔːmus]
Noun
tomus m (genitive tomī); second declension
- a section of a larger work
- a volume
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tomus | tomī |
| Genitive | tomī | tomōrum |
| Dative | tomō | tomīs |
| Accusative | tomum | tomōs |
| Ablative | tomō | tomīs |
| Vocative | tome | tomī |
Descendants
- → French: tome, tomme (learned)
- → English: tome
- → Russian: том m (tom)
- → Italian: tomo (learned)
- → Portuguese: tomo (learned)
References
- “tomus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tomus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- tomus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- tomas
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *to- + *messus (“measurement, judgement”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtoṽus/
Noun
tomus m
- act of weighing, measuring, considering
- measure, quantity, amount
Inflection
| Masculine u-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | tomus | ||
| Vocative | |||
| Accusative | toimsiu | ||
| Genitive | toimseo | ||
| Dative | |||
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
- toimsid
- toimside
Descendants
- Irish: tomhas
- Scottish Gaelic: tomhas
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| tomus | thomus | tomus pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tomus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Turkmen
Noun
tomus (definite accusative tomusy, plural tomuslar)
- summer
Synonyms
- ýaý