chymus

English

Noun

chymus (uncountable)

1. chyme

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χῡμός (khūmós).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

chȳmus m (genitive chȳmī); second declension

1. The fluid of the stomach

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	chȳmus	chȳmī
genitive	chȳmī	chȳmōrum
dative	chȳmō	chȳmīs
accusative	chȳmum	chȳmōs
ablative	chȳmō	chȳmīs
vocative	chȳme	chȳmī

References

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