ulmus

See also: Ulmus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“mountain elm”) (compare Old Irish lem, English elm).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈul.mus/, [ˈʊɫ̪mʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈul.mus/, [ˈulmus]

Noun

ulmus f (genitive ulmī); second declension

1. elm

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ulmus	ulmī
Genitive	ulmī	ulmōrum
Dative	ulmō	ulmīs
Accusative	ulmum	ulmōs
Ablative	ulmō	ulmīs
Vocative	ulme	ulmī

Descendants

• Aromanian: ulmu
• Catalan: om
• Esperanto: ulmo
• French: orme
• Galician: olmo
• Italian: olmo
• Occitan: olm, olme
• Old French: olme, orme
• Portuguese: olmo
• Romanian: ulm

• Romansch: ulm, uolm
• Sardinian: úlimu, úlumu, úlumu, urmu
• Sicilian: urmu
• Spanish: olmo
• Translingual: Ulmus
• Venetian: olmo

References

• “ulmus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ulmus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ulmus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “ulmus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly