hiems
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéyōm. Cognate with Ancient Greek χιών (khiṓn, “snow”), χεῖμα (kheîma, “snow”), χειμών (kheimṓn, “snow”), Persian زمستان (zemestān), Albanian dimër, Welsh gaeaf, Sanskrit हिम (himá), Hittite 𒄀𒈠𒀭 (gi-ma-an /giman/), Armenian ձմեռ (jmeṙ), and Proto-Slavic *zima.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈhi.emps/, [ˈhiɛmps̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈi.emps/, [ˈiːemps]
Noun
hiems f (genitive hiemis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | hiems | hiemēs |
Genitive | hiemis | hiemum |
Dative | hiemī | hiemibus |
Accusative | hiemem | hiemēs |
Ablative | hieme | hiemibus |
Vocative | hiems | hiemēs |
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References
- “hiems”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “hiems”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- hiems 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)
- hiems in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- in the height of summer, depth of winter: summa aestate, hieme
- winter is at hand: hiems subest
- in the height of summer, depth of winter: summa aestate, hieme