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formus
formus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *formos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰermos, from *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”).[1] Cognates include Sanskrit घर्म (gharma), Old Armenian ջերմ (ǰerm), Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós), Proto-Slavic *gorěti, and Old English wearm (English warm).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfor.mus/, [ˈfɔr.mʊs]
Adjective
formus m (feminine forma, neuter formum); first/second declension
- (archaic) warm
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | formus | forma | formum | formī | formae | forma | |
| genitive | formī | formae | formī | formōrum | formārum | formōrum | |
| dative | formō | formō | formīs | ||||
| accusative | formum | formam | formum | formōs | formās | forma | |
| ablative | formō | formā | formō | formīs | |||
| vocative | forme | forma | formum | formī | formae | forma | |
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- formus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- FORMUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “formus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “formus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 235