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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σιμός (simós).
Pronunciation
Adjective
sīmus (feminine sīma, neuter sīmum); first/second-declension adjective
- snub-nosed
- flattened, splayed
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Verb
sīmus
- first-person plural present active subjunctive of sum
References
- “simus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “simus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- simus 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)
- simus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “simus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
- “simus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Salar
Adjective
simus
- Alternative spelling of semiz.