Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 745.fūmus on page 745
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fūmus smoke
fūmus is a Latin Noun that primarily means smoke.
Definitions for fūmus
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
Smoke, fumes; (pl.) clouds of smoke. (b) (as a sign of the presence of fire; as preceding fire). (c) (w. ref. to the suspension of food, wine, or other materials above a fire for maturing, curing, etc.). (d) (as a means of torture or execution).
- 2
Stem or mist, vapour.
- 3
(transf.) That which has no substance; ~um uendere, to sell something which does not materialize.
Sentences with fūmus
Latin to English
Ubi fūmus, ibi ignis.Compare Where there's smoke, there's fire.
Hic dies anno reduente festus corticem adstrictum pice demovebit amphorae fumum bibere institutae consule Tullo.Compare This day, as each year comes around, will be a holiday. It will remove the pitch-covered cork from a jar which first was taught to drink the smoke when Tullus was consul.
Non fumum ex fulgore, sed ex fumo dare lucem.Compare Not to give flame first and then smoke, but from smoke to let light break out.
Declension table for fūmus
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | fūmus | fūmī |
| Gen. | fūmī | fūmōrum |
| Dat. | fūmō | fūmīs |
| Acc. | fūmum | fūmōs |
| Voc. | fūme | fūmī |
| Abl. | fūmō | fūmīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005).
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 745.
- Word frequencies
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Bibliography
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Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
Pierson, Nick. "Sound of Text." Accessed October 26, 2019. https://soundoftext.com.
Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "fumus (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/fumus.
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