fimo

From Latin fimum (“dung”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.mo/
• Rhymes: -imo
• Hyphenation: fì‧mo

fimo m (plural fimi)

1. (literary) dung, ordure

   Synonyms: letame, stabbio, sterco

   • 1822, Ippolito Pindemonte, transl., Odissea [Odyssey]‎, Verona: Società Tipografica Editrice, translation of Ὀδύσσεια (Odýsseia) by Homer, Libro XVII, page 506, lines 358–359:

     Negletto allor giacea nel molto fimo ¶ di muli, e buoi sparso alle porte innanzi, […]

     At the time, it laid neglected upon the abundant dung ¶ of mules and oxen, scattered in front of the doors, […]

   • 1904, Giovanni Pascoli, “La canzone del bucato”, in Primi poemetti [First short poems]‎, Bologna: Zanichelli, published 1907, Section III, page 116:

     Sopra le margherite e sopra il timo ¶ stava la tela, e si vedea lì presso ¶ un canapaio nero ancor di fimo.

     Upon the daisies and the thyme ¶ laid the cloth, and nearby could be seen ¶ a hemp field still blackened by the ordure.

fimō

1. dative/ablative singular of fimus

Borrowed from Aragonese fiemo, from Latin fimum (“dung”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfimo/ [ˈfi.mo]
• Rhymes: -imo
• Syllabification: fi‧mo

fimo m (plural fimos)

1. dung

   Synonym: estiércol

• “fimo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014