azymus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄζυμος (ázumos), from Proto-Indo-European *yuHs- (“to mix in”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [azˈzyː.mʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [adˈd͡ziː.mus]

Adjective

azȳmus (feminine azȳma, neuter azȳmum); first/second-declension adjective

1. unleavened, tharf
2. pure, uncorrupted

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	azȳmus	azȳma	azȳmum		azȳmī	azȳmae	azȳma
genitive	azȳmī	azȳmae	azȳmī		azȳmōrum	azȳmārum	azȳmōrum
dative	azȳmō	azȳmae	azȳmō		azȳmīs
accusative	azȳmum	azȳmam	azȳmum		azȳmōs	azȳmās	azȳma
ablative	azȳmō	azȳmā	azȳmō		azȳmīs
vocative	azȳme	azȳma	azȳmum		azȳmī	azȳmae	azȳma

Derived terms

• azȳma

Descendants

• English: azymous (“unleavened, unfermented”)
• French: azyme
• Galician: asmo; → ácimo
• Italian: azzimo
• Portuguese: ázimo
• Spanish: ácimo

References

• “azymus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "azymus", 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)
• “azymus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.