thuminus
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Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Arabic ثُمُن (ṯumun, “an eighth”). Compare Sicilian tùmminu, Maltese tomna. Compare tumulus.
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Noun
[edit]thuminus m (genitive thuminī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) A unit of measure used in Sicily, Naples and Malta.
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | thuminus | thuminī |
| genitive | thuminī | thuminōrum |
| dative | thuminō | thuminīs |
| accusative | thuminum | thuminōs |
| ablative | thuminō | thuminīs |
| vocative | thumine | thuminī |
References
[edit]- thuminus 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)