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imus
imus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈiː.mus/, [ˈiː.mʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈi.mus/, [ˈiː.mus]
Etymology 1
Superlative form of īnferus. See also īnfimus.
Adjective
īmus (superlative of inferus)
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | īmus | īma | īmum | īmī | īmae | īma | |
| genitive | īmī | īmae | īmī | īmōrum | īmārum | īmōrum | |
| dative | īmō | īmō | īmīs | ||||
| accusative | īmum | īmam | īmum | īmōs | īmās | īma | |
| ablative | īmō | īmā | īmō | īmīs | |||
| vocative | īme | īma | īmum | īmī | īmae | īma | |
Synonyms
Descendants
- Italian: imo
Etymology 2
Verb
īmus
- first-person plural present active indicative of eō
References
- imus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- imus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- IMUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “imus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.