celeusma

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κέλευσμα (kéleusma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /keˈleu̯s.ma/, [kɛˈɫ̪ɛu̯s̠mä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈleu̯s.ma/, [t͡ʃeˈlɛu̯zmä]

Noun

celeusma n (genitive celeusmatis); third declension
celeusma f (genitive celeusmae); first declension

1. (nautical) A call given by the stroke to other oarsmen to keep time

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). singular plural nominative celeusma celeusmata genitive celeusmatis celeusmatum dative celeusmatī celeusmatibus accusative celeusma celeusmata ablative celeusmate celeusmatibus vocative celeusma celeusmata

First-declension noun. singular plural nominative celeusma celeusmae genitive celeusmae celeusmārum dative celeusmae celeusmīs accusative celeusmam celeusmās ablative celeusmā celeusmīs vocative celeusma celeusmae

Descendants

• Ligurian: ciüsma (Old Genoese)
  • → Italian: ciurma
    • → Catalan: xurma
    • → French: chiourme
    • → Greek: τσούρμο (tsoúrmo)
    • → Occitan: chorma
  • → Portuguese: chusma
  • → Spanish: chusma
• Sicilian: chiurma
• Spanish: saloma

References

• “celeusma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• celeusma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.