cummis
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʊm.mɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkum.mis]
Noun
cummis f (genitive cummis or cummeos); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, ablative singular in -ī).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cummis | cummēs |
| genitive | cummis cummeos |
cummium |
| dative | cummī | cummibus |
| accusative | cummim | cummēs cummīs |
| ablative | cummī | cummibus |
| vocative | cummis | cummēs |
Derived terms
- gumma (Late Latin and New Latin)
Descendants
(From Late Latin gumma/gomma:)
- English: gum
- French: gomme
- Italian: gomma
- Lombard: goma
- → Romanian: gumă
- Sicilian: gumma
- > Spanish: goma (inherited)
References
- “gummi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cummi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.