imus

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See also: IMUs and Imus

English

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Noun

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imus

  1. plural of imu

Anagrams

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Estonian

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Noun

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imus

  1. inessive singular of imu

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From earlier *emmo- < *enðmo- < *enðemo-, fro Proto-Italic *enðemos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dʰ-m̥mó-s, from *h₁n̥dʰér. Superlative form of īnferus. See also īnfimus.

Adjective

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īmus (feminine īma, neuter īmum); first/second declension

  1. superlative degree of īnferus: lowest, deepest, innermost, nethermost, the bottom of, the depths of
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.24:
      “Sed mihi vel tellūs optem prius īmā dēhīscat, [...].”
      “But first I would pray, either that deepest earth gape open for me, [...].”
      (That is, the Underworld, or land of the dead.)
Declension
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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative īmus īma īmum īmī īmae īma
Genitive īmī īmae īmī īmōrum īmārum īmōrum
Dative īmō īmō īmīs
Accusative īmum īmam īmum īmōs īmās īma
Ablative īmō īmā īmō īmīs
Vocative īme īma īmum īmī īmae īma
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Italian: imo

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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īmus

  1. first-person plural present active indicative of

References

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  • imus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • imus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • imus 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)
  • imus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Meriam

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Noun

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imus

  1. beard