tamisium
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Perhaps borrowed from Gaulish or Proto-West Germanic *tamisu (more at temse), which it is in any case cognate with; also compare Ancient Greek τάμῐσος (támisos).
Noun[edit]
tamisium n (genitive tamisiī or tamisī); second declension
- (Late Latin) a kind of sieve
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tamisium | tamisia |
| Genitive | tamisiī tamisī1 |
tamisiōrum |
| Dative | tamisiō | tamisiīs |
| Accusative | tamisium | tamisia |
| Ablative | tamisiō | tamisiīs |
| Vocative | tamisium | tamisia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants[edit]
- Catalan: tamís
- → Old French: tamis
- Italian: tamiso, tamigio, tamisio
- Occitan: tamis
- Venetian: tamizo
References[edit]
- tamisium 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)