nemus

See also: Nemus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *némos. Cognate with Ancient Greek νέμος (némos), Sanskrit नमस् (námas).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈne.mus/, [ˈnɛmʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈne.mus/, [ˈnɛːmus]

Noun

nemus n (genitive nemoris); third declension

1. A grove or a glade.
2. a pasture
3. (poetic) wood
4. (poetic) a tree

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nemus	nemora
Genitive	nemoris	nemorum
Dative	nemorī	nemoribus
Accusative	nemus	nemora
Ablative	nemore	nemoribus
Vocative	nemus	nemora

Derived terms

• nemorālis
• nemorōsus

References

• “nemus”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• “nemus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nemus 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)
• nemus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary

Anagrams

• mensu

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Maltese

Root
n-m-s
6 terms

Etymology

From Arabic نَامُوس‎ (nāmūs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛˈmuːs/

Noun

nemus m (collective, singulative nemusa, plural nwiemes, paucal nemusiet)

1. mosquito, mosquitos
2. fruitfly, fruitflies

Derived terms

• nemusiera