fimum

Latin

Alternative forms

fimus

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *fūje-, from earlier *θūje, modeled on Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-. See also Latin furvus (“dark, swarthy”), fūmus (“smoke”) and fūlīgō (“soot”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.mum/, [ˈfɪmʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.mum/, [ˈfiːmum]

Noun

fimum n (genitive fimī); second declension

dung, ordure, excrement

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fimum	fima
Genitive	fimī	fimōrum
Dative	fimō	fimīs
Accusative	fimum	fima
Ablative	fimō	fimīs
Vocative	fimum	fima

Derived terms

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: fimo
⇒ Vulgar Latin: *femum
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
  - Franco-Provençal: fien
  - Old French: fien
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
  - Aragonese: fiemo
    - → Spanish: fiemo, fimo
  - Catalan: fem

References

fimum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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