fimo

Italian

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Latin fimum (“dung”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.mo/, [ˈfiːmo]
• Rhymes: -imo
• Hyphenation: fì‧mo

Noun

fimo m (plural fimi)

1. (literary) dung, ordure
   • 1822, Ippolito Pindemonte, transl., Odissea [Odyssey]‎^[1], Verona: Società Tipografica Editrice, translation of Ὀδύσσεια (Odýsseia) by Homer, Libro XVII, page 506, lines 358-359:

     Negletto allor giacea nel molto fimo ¶ di muli, e buoi sparso alle porte innanzi, […]

     At the time, it laid neglected upon the abundant dung ¶ of mules and oxen, scattered in front of the doors, […]

   • 1904, Giovanni Pascoli, “La canzone del bucato”, in Primi poemetti [First short poems]‎^[2], Bologna: Zanichelli, published 1907, Section III, page 116:

     Sopra le margherite e sopra il timo ¶ stava la tela, e si vedea lì presso ¶ un canapaio nero ancor di fimo.

     Upon the daisies and the thyme ¶ laid the cloth, and nearby could be seen ¶ a hemp field still blackened by the ordure.

Synonyms

• letame, stabbio, sterco

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) fimō

1. dative singular of fimus
2. ablative singular of fimus

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Spanish

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Latin fimum (“dung”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfimo/ [ˈfi.mo]

Noun

fimo m (plural fimos)

1. dung

   Synonym: estiércol

Related terms

• femar

Further reading

• “fimo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014