almus

Estonian

Etymology

From Middle Low German halmosen or German Almosen.

Noun

almus (genitive almuse, partitive almust)

  1. alms

Declension

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (to grow, nourish). Cognate of alō, alumnus, and oleō.

Pronunciation

Adjective

almus (feminine alma, neuter almum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. nourishing
  2. kind
  3. propitious

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative almus alma almum almī almae alma
Genitive almī almae almī almōrum almārum almōrum
Dative almō almō almīs
Accusative almum almam almum almōs almās alma
Ablative almō almā almō almīs
Vocative alme alma almum almī almae alma

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: almo (learned)
  • Spanish: almo

References

  • almus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • almus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • almus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • almus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • almus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
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