cummis

Latin

Alternative forms

• gummis, commis, cummi, gummi, commi

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkum.mis/, [ˈkʊmːɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkum.mis/, [ˈkumːis]

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).

Case	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.