tomus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “section, roll of papyrus, volume”), from τέμνω (témnō, “I cut, separate”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈto.mus/, [ˈtɔ.mʊs]
Noun
tomus m (genitive tomī); second declension
- a section of a larger work
- a volume
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tomus | tomī |
| genitive | tomī | tomōrum |
| dative | tomō | tomīs |
| accusative | tomum | tomōs |
| ablative | tomō | tomīs |
| vocative | tome | tomī |
Descendants
References
- tomus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tomus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- tomus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *to- + *messus (“measurement, judgement”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtoṽus/
Noun
tomus m
Inflection
| Masculine u-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | tomus | ||
| Vocative | |||
| Accusative | toimsiu | ||
| Genitive | toimseo | ||
| Dative | |||
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
| |||
Derived terms
- toimsid
- toimside
Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| tomus | thomus | tomus pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “tomus” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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