imus

See also: IMUs and Imus

English

Noun

imus

1. plural of imu

Anagrams

• Muis, UIMs

Estonian

Noun

imus

1. inessive singular of imu

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈiː.mus/, [ˈiːmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.mus/, [ˈiːmus]

Etymology 1

From earlier *emmo- < *enðmo- < *enðemo-, fro Proto-Italic *enðemos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dʰ-m̥mó-s, from *h₁n̥dʰér. Superlative form of īnferus. See also īnfimus.

Adjective

īmus (feminine īma, neuter īmum); first/second declension

1. superlative degree of īnferus: lowest, deepest, innermost, nethermost, the bottom of, the depths of
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.24:

     “Sed mihi vel tellūs optem prius īmā dēhīscat, [...].”

     “But first I would pray, either that deepest earth gape open for me, [...].”
     (That is, the Underworld, or land of the dead.)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	īmus	īma	īmum		īmī	īmae	īma
Genitive	īmī	īmae	īmī		īmōrum	īmārum	īmōrum
Dative	īmō		īmō		īmīs
Accusative	īmum	īmam	īmum		īmōs	īmās	īma
Ablative	īmō	īmā	īmō		īmīs
Vocative	īme	īma	īmum		īmī	īmae	īma

Synonyms

• īnfimus

Derived terms

• īmitus

Descendants

• Italian: imo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

īmus

1. first-person plural present active indicative of eō

References

• “imus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “imus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• imus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• imus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Meriam

Noun

imus

1. beard