thymum

Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek θύμον (thúmon).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰy.mum/, [ˈt̪ʰʏmʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈti.mum/, [ˈt̪iːmum]

Noun

thymum n (genitive thymī); second declension

1. thyme
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.436:

     fervet opus, redolentque thymō frāgrantia mella

     [The beehive] seethes [with] activity, and the fragrant honey is sweet with thyme.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	thymum	thyma
Genitive	thymī	thymōrum
Dative	thymō	thymīs
Accusative	thymum	thyma
Ablative	thymō	thymīs
Vocative	thymum	thyma

Etymology 2

Noun

thymum

1. accusative singular of thymus

References

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