eremus

Latin

Alternative forms

• herēmus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐρῆμος (erêmos), ἤρεμος (ḗremos).

Adjective

erē̆mus (feminine erē̆ma, neuter erē̆mum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational, Late Latin) waste, desert

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	erē̆mus	erē̆ma	erē̆mum		erē̆mī	erē̆mae	erē̆ma
Genitive	erē̆mī	erē̆mae	erē̆mī		erē̆mōrum	erē̆mārum	erē̆mōrum
Dative	erē̆mō		erē̆mō		erē̆mīs
Accusative	erē̆mum	erē̆mam	erē̆mum		erē̆mōs	erē̆mās	erē̆ma
Ablative	erē̆mō	erē̆mā	erē̆mō		erē̆mīs
Vocative	erē̆me	erē̆ma	erē̆mum		erē̆mī	erē̆mae	erē̆ma

Noun

erē̆mus m (genitive erē̆mī); second declension

1. (Late Latin) wasteland, wilderness, desert

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	erē̆mus	erē̆mī
Genitive	erē̆mī	erē̆mōrum
Dative	erē̆mō	erē̆mīs
Accusative	erē̆mum	erē̆mōs
Ablative	erē̆mō	erē̆mīs
Vocative	erē̆me	erē̆mī

Descendants

• Aromanian: ermu
• Asturian: ermu
• Catalan: erm
• Galician: ermo

• Italian: ermo, eremo
• Occitan: èrm
• Portuguese: ermo
• Spanish: yermo

References

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