hiems

Latin

Alternative forms

• hiemps

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéyōm. Cognate with Ancient Greek χιών (khiṓn, “snow”), χεῖμα (kheîma, “snow”), χειμών (kheimṓn, “snow”), Persian زمستان‎ (zemestān), Albanian dimër, Welsh gaeaf, Sanskrit हिम (himá), Hittite 𒄀𒈠𒀭 (gi-ma-an /giman/), Armenian ձմեռ (jmeṙ), and Proto-Slavic *zima.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhi.emps/, [ˈhi.ɛmps̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.emps/, [ˈiː.ɛmps]

Noun

hiems f (genitive hiemis); third declension

1. winter

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hiems	hiemēs
Genitive	hiemis	hiemum
Dative	hiemī	hiemibus
Accusative	hiemem	hiemēs
Ablative	hieme	hiemibus
Vocative	hiems	hiemēs

Synonyms

• hībernum

Derived terms

• bīmus
• hībernus
• hiemālis
• hiemō
• quadrīmus
• trīmus

References

• hiems in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hiems in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hiems in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• hiems in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • in the height of summer, depth of winter: summa aestate, hieme
    
  • winter is at hand: hiems subest