simius

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.mi.us/, [ˈsiː.mi.ʊs]

Noun

sīmius m (genitive sīmiī); second declension

ape, monkey

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sīmius	sīmiī
genitive	sīmiī sīmī¹	sīmiōrum
dative	sīmiō	sīmiīs
accusative	sīmium	sīmiōs
ablative	sīmiō	sīmiīs
vocative	sīmī	sīmiī

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

Related terms

sīmia

Descendants

French: singe
Italian: scimmia
Spanish: simio
Portuguese: símio

References

simius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
simius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
simius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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