atomus

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin atomus, from Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos). Doublet of atom.

Noun

atomus (plural atomi)

1. (obsolete) Synonym of atom.

Anagrams

• automs, Toumas, Matsuo, mautos

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos, “uncut, indivisible”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.to.mus/, [ˈät̪ɔmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.to.mus/, [ˈäːt̪omus]

Adjective

atomus (feminine atoma, neuter atomum); first/second-declension adjective

1. indivisible

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	atomus	atoma	atomum		atomī	atomae	atoma
genitive	atomī	atomae	atomī		atomōrum	atomārum	atomōrum
dative	atomō	atomae	atomō		atomīs
accusative	atomum	atomam	atomum		atomōs	atomās	atoma
ablative	atomō	atomā	atomō		atomīs
vocative	atome	atoma	atomum		atomī	atomae	atoma

Noun

atomus f (genitive atomī); second declension

1. an atom, particle incapable of being divided
2. instant, moment (of time)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	atomus	atomī
genitive	atomī	atomōrum
dative	atomō	atomīs
accusative	atomum	atomōs
ablative	atomō	atomīs
vocative	atome	atomī

Alternative forms

• atomos

Derived terms

• atomicus

References

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

Latvian

Noun

atomus m

1. accusative plural of atoms