simius

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Latin

Etymology

See sīmia (“ape, monkey”)

Pronunciation

Noun

sīmius m (genitive sīmiī or sīmī); second declension

  1. ape, monkey

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sīmius sīmiī
genitive sīmiī
sīmī1 		sīmiōrum
dative sīmiō sīmiīs
accusative sīmium sīmiōs
ablative sīmiō sīmiīs
vocative sīmie sīmiī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

  • Catalan: simi m
  • Old French: singe m
  • Old Spanish: ximio m
  • Portuguese: símio m

See also sīmia.

References

  • “simius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “simius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • simius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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