atomus

English

Noun

atomus (plural atomi)

1. Obsolete form of atom.

Anagrams

• Matsuo, Toumas, automs

Latin

Alternative forms

• atomos (noun only)

Etymology

Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos, “uncut, indivisible”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.to.mus/, [ˈät̪ɔmʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.to.mus/, [ˈäːt̪omus]

Adjective

atomus (feminine atoma, neuter atomum); first/second-declension adjective

1. indivisible

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	atomus	atoma	atomum		atomī	atomae	atoma
Genitive	atomī	atomae	atomī		atomōrum	atomārum	atomōrum
Dative	atomō		atomō		atomīs
Accusative	atomum	atomam	atomum		atomōs	atomās	atoma
Ablative	atomō	atomā	atomō		atomīs
Vocative	atome	atoma	atomum		atomī	atomae	atoma

Noun

atomus f (genitive atomī); second declension

1. an atom, particle incapable of being divided
2. instant, moment (of time)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	atomus	atomī
Genitive	atomī	atomōrum
Dative	atomō	atomīs
Accusative	atomum	atomōs
Ablative	atomō	atomīs
Vocative	atome	atomī

Derived terms

• atomicus

References

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

Latvian

Noun

atomus m

1. accusative plural form of atoms