cummis

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi).

Pronunciation

Noun

cummis f (genitive cummis or cummeos); third declension

  1. gum

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, ablative singular in -ī).

singular plural
nominative cummis cummēs
genitive cummis
cummeos 		cummium
dative cummī cummibus
accusative cummim cummēs
cummīs
ablative cummī cummibus
vocative cummis cummēs

Derived terms

  • gumma (Late Latin and New Latin)

Descendants

(From Late Latin gumma/gomma:)

  • English: gum
  • French: gomme
  • Italian: gomma
  • Lombard: goma
  • → Romanian: gumă
  • Sicilian: gumma
  • Spanish: goma

References

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