fimus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.mus/, [ˈfɪmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.mus/, [ˈfiːmus]

Noun

fimus m (genitive fimī); second declension

1. Alternative form of fimum ("dung").

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fimus	fimī
Genitive	fimī	fimōrum
Dative	fimō	fimīs
Accusative	fimum	fimōs
Ablative	fimō	fimīs
Vocative	fime	fimī

Descendants

• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *femus
  • Aragonese: fiemos
  • Catalan: fems
  • Occitan: fems

    Gascon: hems, hiems

  • Old French: fiens

Verb

fīmus

1. first-person plural present passive indicative of faciō
2. first-person plural present active indicative of fīō

References

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