nimbus
See also: Nimbus
Contents
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Latin nimbus (“dark cloud”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nimbus (plural nimbi or nimbuses)
Usage notes[edit]
- (circle of light): In heraldry and art, a nimbus may be considered distinct from a halo. The term halo can refer to an open ring of light or of gold behind the head of a saint, while nimbus refers to a solid disk of light or gold.
Synonyms[edit]
- (circle of light): halo
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
circle of light; halo
rain cloud
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See also[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”). Cognates include Latin nebula, Proto-Slavic *nebo (“heaven, sky”), Sanskrit नभस् (nábhas, “sky”) and Ancient Greek νέφος (néphos).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nimbus m (genitive nimbī); second declension
- rainstorm, rain shower
- rain cloud, thunder cloud
- cloud
- halo (visible aura of divine power)
- throng
- (figuratively) calamity, tempest
Inflection[edit]
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | nimbus | nimbī |
genitive | nimbī | nimbōrum |
dative | nimbō | nimbīs |
accusative | nimbum | nimbōs |
ablative | nimbō | nimbīs |
vocative | nimbe | nimbī |
Descendants[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- nimbus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nimbus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nimbus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- nimbus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Noun[edit]
nimbus m (Cyrillic spelling нимбус)
Synonyms[edit]
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Clouds
- en:Heraldic charges
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin masculine nouns
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the second declension
- la:Weather
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- sh:Religion