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English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin atomus, from Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos). Doublet of atom.
Noun
atomus (plural atomi)
- (obsolete) Synonym of atom.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos, “uncut, indivisible”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
atomus (feminine atoma, neuter atomum); first/second-declension adjective
- indivisible
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Noun
atomus f (genitive atomī); second declension
- an atom, particle incapable of being divided
- instant, moment (of time)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Derived terms
References
- “atomus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “atomus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "atomus", 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)
- atomus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Latvian
Noun
atomus m
- accusative plural of atoms