fimo

Italian

Etymology

From Latin fimum (“dung”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.mo/
• Rhymes: -imo
• Hyphenation: fì‧mo

Noun

fimo m (plural fimi)

1. (literary) dung, ordure

   Synonyms: letame, stabbio, sterco

   • 1822, Ippolito Pindemonte, transl., Odissea [Odyssey]‎, Verona: Società Tipografica Editrice, translation of Ὀδύσσεια (Odýsseia) by Homer, Libro XVII, page 506, lines 358–359:

     Negletto allor giacea nel molto fimo ¶ di muli, e buoi sparso alle porte innanzi, […]

     At the time, it laid neglected upon the abundant dung ¶ of mules and oxen, scattered in front of the doors, […]

   • 1904, Giovanni Pascoli, “La canzone del bucato”, in Primi poemetti [First short poems]‎, Bologna: Zanichelli, published 1907, Section III, page 116:

     Sopra le margherite e sopra il timo ¶ stava la tela, e si vedea lì presso ¶ un canapaio nero ancor di fimo.

     Upon the daisies and the thyme ¶ laid the cloth, and nearby could be seen ¶ a hemp field still blackened by the ordure.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfɪ.moː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfiː.mo]

Etymology 1

Dialectical form of firmō.

Verb

fimō (present infinitive fimāre, perfect active fimāvī, supine fimātum); first conjugation

1. Hispanic Late Latin form of firmō
   • 1778, Isidore of Seville, Bartolomé Ulloa, Divi Isidori Hispalensis Episcopi Opera Philippi Secundi‎, Monasterium Conceptionis Hieronynianae, page 428:

     Hic plura instrumenta agriculturae reperit, primusque agros fimavit.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

In some manuscripts, the text from Isidore of Seville is rendered as "firmavit."

Conjugation

   Conjugation of fimō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	fimō		fimās		fimat		fimāmus		fimātis		fimant
	imperfect	fimābam		fimābās		fimābat		fimābāmus		fimābātis		fimābant
	future	fimābō		fimābis		fimābit		fimābimus		fimābitis		fimābunt
	perfect	fimāvī		fimāvistī		fimāvit		fimāvimus		fimāvistis		fimāvērunt, fimāvēre
	pluperfect	fimāveram		fimāverās		fimāverat		fimāverāmus		fimāverātis		fimāverant
	future perfect	fimāverō		fimāveris		fimāverit		fimāverimus		fimāveritis		fimāverint
passive	present	fimor		fimāris, fimāre		fimātur		fimāmur		fimāminī		fimantur
	imperfect	fimābar		fimābāris, fimābāre		fimābātur		fimābāmur		fimābāminī		fimābantur
	future	fimābor		fimāberis, fimābere		fimābitur		fimābimur		fimābiminī		fimābuntur
	perfect	fimātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	fimātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	fimātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	fimem		fimēs		fimet		fimēmus		fimētis		fiment
	imperfect	fimārem		fimārēs		fimāret		fimārēmus		fimārētis		fimārent
	perfect	fimāverim		fimāverīs		fimāverit		fimāverīmus		fimāverītis		fimāverint
	pluperfect	fimāvissem		fimāvissēs		fimāvisset		fimāvissēmus		fimāvissētis		fimāvissent
passive	present	fimer		fimēris, fimēre		fimētur		fimēmur		fimēminī		fimentur
	imperfect	fimārer		fimārēris, fimārēre		fimārētur		fimārēmur		fimārēminī		fimārentur
	perfect	fimātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	fimātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		fimā		—		—		fimāte		—
	future	—		fimātō		fimātō		—		fimātōte		fimantō
passive	present	—		fimāre		—		—		fimāminī		—
	future	—		fimātor		fimātor		—		—		fimantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		fimāre			fimārī			fimāns			—
future		fimātūrum esse			fimātum īrī			fimātūrus			fimandus
perfect		fimāvisse			fimātum esse			—			fimātus
future perfect		—			fimātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		fimātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		fimandī		fimandō		fimandum		fimandō		fimātum		fimātū

Descendants

• Catalan: femar
• Old Provençal: femar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

fimō

1. dative/ablative singular of fimum and fimus

References

• Adams, J. N. (2007), The Regional Diversification of Latin 200 BC - AD 600‎, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 426

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Aragonese fiemo, from Latin fimum (“dung”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfimo/ [ˈfi.mo]
• Rhymes: -imo
• Syllabification: fi‧mo

Noun

fimo m (plural fimos)

1. dung

   Synonym: estiércol

Related terms

• femar

Further reading

• “fimo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025