almus

== Estonian == === Etymology === From Middle Low German halmosen or German Almosen. === Noun === almus (genitive almuse, partitive almust) alms ==== Declension ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *almos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”). Cognate with alō, alumnus, and oleō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaɫ.mʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈal.mus] === Adjective === almus (feminine alma, neuter almum); first/second-declension adjective nourishing kind propitious ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== Almus Spīritus alma māter ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: almo (learned) → Spanish: almo (learned) === References === “almus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “almus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "almus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “almus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “almus”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎[1] == Middle English == === Noun === almus alternative form of almesse