ulmus

See also: Ulmus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *olmos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“mountain elm”) (compare Old Irish lem, English elm).

Pronunciation

Noun

ulmus f (genitive ulmī); second declension

  1. elm

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ulmus ulmī
Genitive ulmī ulmōrum
Dative ulmō ulmīs
Accusative ulmum ulmōs
Ablative ulmō ulmīs
Vocative ulme ulmī

Descendants
  • Aromanian: ulmu
  • Catalan: om
  • Esperanto: ulmo
  • French: orme
  • Galician: olmo, umeiro
  • Italian: olmo
  • Occitan: olm, olme
  • Old French: olme, orme
  • Portuguese: olmo
  • Romanian: ulm
  • Romansch: ulm, uolm
  • Sardinian: úlimu, úlumu, úlumu, urmu
  • Sicilian: urmu
  • Spanish: olmo
  • Translingual: Ulmus
  • Venetian: olmo

References
  • “ulmus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ulmus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ulmus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “ulmus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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