dumus

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See also: dūmus

Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin dusmus, dusimus (“place full of brambles”), from Proto-Indo-European *dens- (“thick, dense”), related to Ancient Greek δασύς (dasús, “hairy, shaggy, dense”) and Latin dēnsus.

Pronunciation

Noun

dūmus m (genitive dūmī); second declension

  1. bush, shrub

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dūmus dūmī
genitive dūmī dūmōrum
dative dūmō dūmīs
accusative dūmum dūmōs
ablative dūmō dūmīs
vocative dūme dūmī

References

  • “dumus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “dumus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Latvian

Adjective

dumus

  1. (dialectal form) accusative plural masculine of dums
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