heremus

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ἐρῆμος (erêmos), ἤρεμος (ḗremos).

Alternative forms

• erēmus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /heˈreː.mus/, [hɛˈreːmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈre.mus/, [eˈrɛːmus]

Adjective

herēmus (feminine herēma, neuter herēmum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational, Late Latin) waste, desert

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	herēmus	herēma	herēmum		herēmī	herēmae	herēma
genitive	herēmī	herēmae	herēmī		herēmōrum	herēmārum	herēmōrum
dative	herēmō	herēmae	herēmō		herēmīs
accusative	herēmum	herēmam	herēmum		herēmōs	herēmās	herēma
ablative	herēmō	herēmā	herēmō		herēmīs
vocative	herēme	herēma	herēmum		herēmī	herēmae	herēma

Descendants

• Aromanian: ermu
• Asturian: ermu
• Catalan: erm
• Italian: ermo, eremo
• Occitan: èrm
• Portuguese: ermo
• Spanish: yermo

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /heːˈreː.mus/, [heːˈreːmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈre.mus/, [eˈrɛːmus]

Verb

hērēmus

1. first-person plural present active indicative of hēreō

References

• heremus 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)