thymium

Latin

Alternative forms

• thymion

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θύμιον (thúmion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰy.mi.um/, [ˈt̪ʰʏmiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈti.mi.um/, [ˈt̪iːmium]

Noun

thymium n (genitive thymiī or thymī); second declension

1. (pathology) A kind of wart

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	thymium	thymia
Genitive	thymiī thymī1	thymiōrum
Dative	thymiō	thymiīs
Accusative	thymium	thymia
Ablative	thymiō	thymiīs
Vocative	thymium	thymia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “thymion”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• thymium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.