azymus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἄζυμος (ázumos), from Proto-Indo-European *yuHs- (“to mix in”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /azˈzyː.mus/, [äz̪ˈd̪͡z̪yːmʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /adˈd͡zi.mus/, [äd̪ˈd̪͡z̪iːmus]
Adjective
[edit]azȳmus (feminine azȳma, neuter azȳmum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | azȳmus | azȳma | azȳmum | azȳmī | azȳmae | azȳma | |
| genitive | azȳmī | azȳmae | azȳmī | azȳmōrum | azȳmārum | azȳmōrum | |
| dative | azȳmō | azȳmae | azȳmō | azȳmīs | |||
| accusative | azȳmum | azȳmam | azȳmum | azȳmōs | azȳmās | azȳma | |
| ablative | azȳmō | azȳmā | azȳmō | azȳmīs | |||
| vocative | azȳme | azȳma | azȳmum | azȳmī | azȳmae | azȳma | |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- English: azymous (“unleavened, unfermented”)
- French: azyme
- Galician: asmo; → ácimo
- Italian: azzimo
- Portuguese: ázimo
- Spanish: ácimo
References
[edit]- “azymus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- azymus 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)
- azymus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.