simius

Latin

Etymology

See sīmia (“ape, monkey”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.mi.us/, [ˈs̠iːmiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.mi.us/, [ˈsiːmius]

Noun

sīmius m (genitive sīmiī or sīmī); second declension

1. ape, monkey

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sīmius	sīmiī
genitive	sīmiī sīmī1	sīmiōrum
dative	sīmiō	sīmiīs
accusative	sīmium	sīmiōs
ablative	sīmiō	sīmiīs
vocative	sīmie	sīmiī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

• sīmia

Descendants

• French: singe
• Italian: scimmia
• Spanish: simio
• Portuguese: símio

References

• “simius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “simius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• simius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.