thymum

Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek θύμον (thúmon).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtʰy.mũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtiː.mum]

Noun

thymum n (genitive thymī); second declension

1. thyme
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.436:

     fervet opus, redolentque thymō frāgrantia mella

     [The beehive] seethes [with] activity, and the fragrant honey is sweet with thyme.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	thymum	thyma
genitive	thymī	thymōrum
dative	thymō	thymīs
accusative	thymum	thyma
ablative	thymō	thymīs
vocative	thymum	thyma

Etymology 2

Noun

thymum

1. accusative singular of thymus

Related terms

• thymītēs
• thymus
• thymium
• thymōsus

References

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