nemus

See also: Nemus

Latin

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnɛ.mʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnɛː.mus]

Noun

nemus n (genitive nemoris); third declension

a grove or glade
- 8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 6.9–10:
  est nemus arboribus dēnsum, sēcrētus ab omnī
  vōce locus, sī nōn obstreperētur aquīs
  [There] is a grove, dense with trees, a place secluded from every sound, if it were not being disturbed by waters.
a pasture
(poetic) wood (material)
(poetic) a tree

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	nemus	nemora
genitive	nemoris	nemorum
dative	nemorī	nemoribus
accusative	nemus	nemora
ablative	nemore	nemoribus
vocative	nemus	nemora

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈneː.mʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnɛː.mus]

Verb

nēmus

first-person plural present active subjunctive of nō

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈneː.mʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnɛː.mus]

Verb

nēmus

first-person plural present active indicative of neō

References

“nemus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“nemus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
"nemus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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

Maltese

Root
n-m-s
6 terms

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *nem-der.

Proto-Indo-European *németi

Proto-Hellenic *némō

Ancient Greek νέμω (némō)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Hellenic *-os

Ancient Greek -ος (-os)

Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos)bor.

Classical Syriac ܢܡܘܣܐ (nāmōsā)bor.

Arabic نَامُوس (nāmūs)

Maltese nemus

Inherited from Arabic نَامُوس (nāmūs).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɛˈmuːs/
Rhymes: -uːs

Noun

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

Derived terms

nemusiera