azymus

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄζυμος (ázumos), from Proto-Indo-European *yuHs- (“to mix in”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

azȳmus (feminine azȳma, neuter azȳmum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. unleavened, tharf
  2. pure, uncorrupted

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative azȳmus azȳma azȳmum azȳmī azȳmae azȳma
genitive azȳmī azȳmae azȳmī azȳmōrum azȳmārum azȳmōrum
dative azȳmō azȳmae azȳmō azȳmīs
accusative azȳmum azȳmam azȳmum azȳmōs azȳmās azȳma
ablative azȳmō azȳmā azȳmō azȳmīs
vocative azȳme azȳma azȳmum azȳmī azȳmae azȳma

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: azymous (“unleavened, unfermented”)
  • French: azyme
  • Galician: asmo; → ácimo
  • Italian: azzimo
  • Portuguese: ázimo
  • Spanish: ácimo

References

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