eremus

Latin

Alternative forms

• herēmus

Etymology

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

Adjective

erēmus (feminine erēma, neuter erēmum); 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	erēmus	erēma	erēmum		erēmī	erēmae	erēma
Genitive	erēmī	erēmae	erēmī		erēmōrum	erēmārum	erēmōrum
Dative	erēmō		erēmō		erēmīs
Accusative	erēmum	erēmam	erēmum		erēmōs	erēmās	erēma
Ablative	erēmō	erēmā	erēmō		erēmīs
Vocative	erēme	erēma	erēmum		erēmī	erēmae	erēma

Noun

erēmus m (genitive erēmī); second declension

1. (Late Latin) wasteland, wilderness, desert

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	erēmus	erēmī
Genitive	erēmī	erēmōrum
Dative	erēmō	erēmīs
Accusative	erēmum	erēmōs
Ablative	erēmō	erēmīs
Vocative	erēme	erēmī

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.