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See also: IMUs and Imus

English

Noun

imus

  1. plural of imu

Anagrams

Estonian

Noun

imus

  1. inessive singular of imu

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From earlier *emmo- < *enðmo- < *enðemo-, fro Proto-Italic *enðemos, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰ-m̥mó-s, from *(H)n̥dʰér. Superlative form of īnferus. See also īnfimus.

Adjective

īmus (superlative, feminine īma, neuter īmum); first/second declension

  1. superlative degree of īnferus: lowest, deepest, innermost, nethermost, the bottom of, the depths of
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.24:
      “Sed mihi vel tellūs optem prius īma dehīscat, [...].”
      “But first I would pray, either that deepest earth gape open for me, [...].”
      (That is, the Underworld, or land of the dead.)
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

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Descendants
  • Italian: imo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

īmus

  1. first-person plural present active indicative of

References

  • imus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • imus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "imus", 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)
  • imus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Meriam

Noun

imus

  1. beard

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