Nomas

See also: nomas, NOMAS, and nomás

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νομάς (nomás); doublet of Numida.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈno.mas/, [ˈnɔmäs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈno.mas/, [ˈnɔːmäs]

Noun

Nomas m (genitive Nomadis); third declension

1. a nomad
2. Numidian

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Nomas	Nomadēs
Genitive	Nomadis	Nomadum
Dative	Nomadī	Nomadibus
Accusative	Nomadem	Nomadēs
Ablative	Nomade	Nomadibus
Vocative	Nomas	Nomadēs

Descendants

• → Middle French: nomade
  • French: nomade
    • → Danish: nomade
    • → Dutch: nomade
    • → English: nomad
    • → Romanian: nomad
• → Portuguese: nómade

References

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