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chymus
chymus
Latin
Etymology
Borrowing from Ancient Greek χῡμός (khūmós).
Pronunciatiom
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʰyː.mus/, [ˈkʰyː.mʊs]
Noun
chȳmus m (genitive chȳmī); second declension
- The fluid of the stomach
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | chȳmus | chȳmī |
| genitive | chȳmī | chȳmōrum |
| dative | chȳmō | chȳmīs |
| accusative | chȳmum | chȳmōs |
| ablative | chȳmō | chȳmīs |
| vocative | chȳme | chȳmī |
References
- chymus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “chymus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.