thymium

Latin

Alternative forms

• thymion

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θύμιον (thúmion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtʰy.mi.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtiː.mi.um]

Noun

thymium n (genitive thymiī or thymī); second declension

1. (pathology) A kind of wart

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	thymium	thymia
genitive	thymiī thymī1	thymiōrum
dative	thymiō	thymiīs
accusative	thymium	thymia
ablative	thymiō	thymiīs
vocative	thymium	thymia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

• thymum
• thymus
• thymītēs
• thymōsus

References

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