tomus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “section, roll of papyrus, volume”), from τέμνω (témnō, “I cut, separate”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtɔ.mʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt̪ɔː.mus]
Noun
tomus m (genitive tomī); second declension
- a section of a larger work
- a volume
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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): [ˈtoβ̃us]
Noun
tomus m
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tomus | ||
| vocative | |||
| accusative | toimsiu | ||
| genitive | toimseo | ||
| dative |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Derived terms
- toimsid
- toimside
Descendants
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| tomus | thomus | tomus pronounced with /d-/ |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tomus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Turkmen
Noun
tomus (definite accusative tomusy, plural tomuslar)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tomus | tomuslar |
| accusative | tomusy | tomuslary |
| genitive | tomusyň | tomuslaryň |
| dative | tomusa | tomuslara |
| locative | tomusda | tomuslarda |
| ablative | tomusdan | tomuslardan |
Synonyms
- ýaý
Further reading
- “tomus” in Webonary.org