thymum

Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek θύμον (thúmon).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰy.mum/, [ˈt̪ʰʏmʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈti.mum/, [ˈt̪iːmum]

Noun

thymum n (genitive thymī); second declension

thyme
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.436:
  fervet opus, redolentque thymō frāgrantia mella
  [The beehive] seethes [with] activity, and the fragrant honey is sweet with thyme.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	thymum	thyma
Genitive	thymī	thymōrum
Dative	thymō	thymīs
Accusative	thymum	thyma
Ablative	thymō	thymīs
Vocative	thymum	thyma

Noun

thymum

accusative singular of thymus

References

“thymum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“thymum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
thymum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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