umerus
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- humerus (rare in Classical texts)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *h₃émsos (“shoulder”) by rhotacism and vowel anaptyxis -ms- > -mer-. Cognates include Ancient Greek ὦμος (ômos), Sanskrit अंस (áṃsa), and Gothic 𐌰𐌼𐍃 (ams).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu.me.rus/, [ˈʊmɛrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈu.me.rus/, [ˈuːmerus]
Noun
[edit]umerus m (genitive umerī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | umerus | umerī |
genitive | umerī | umerōrum |
dative | umerō | umerīs |
accusative | umerum | umerōs |
ablative | umerō | umerīs |
vocative | umere | umerī |
Descendants
[edit]- Balkan Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- Òc:
- Borrowings:
References
[edit]- “umerus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “umerus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- umerus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “hŭmĕrus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 510