dumus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Old Latin dū̆smus (“thickety”, adjective), a form attributed to Livius Andronicus and translated as dūmosus by Paul the Deacon's epitome of Festus. Further etymology uncertain; De Vaan and Schrijver cite Old Irish dos (“tree, bush, thicket”) as a likely cognate, from which a common stem *dus- can be reconstructed. Other possible cogates include Middle High German zūsach (“thicket”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈduː.mʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈduː.mus] === Noun === dūmus m (genitive dūmī); second declension bush, shrub ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== dūmōsus === References === === Further reading === “dumus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “dumus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers == Latvian == === Adjective === dumus (dialectal) accusative masculine plural of dums