fimum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === fimus === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *fūje-, from earlier *θūje, modeled on Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-. See also Latin furvus (“dark, swarthy”), fūmus (“smoke”) and fūlīgō (“soot”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfɪ.mũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfiː.mum] === Noun === fimum n (genitive fimī); second declension dung, manure, excrement Synonyms: stercus, laetāmen ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Derived terms ==== fimārium fimētum fimicolus ==== Descendants ==== Italo-Romance: Italian: fimo ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *femum Gallo-Romance: Catalan: fem Franco-Provençal: fien Old French: fien Ibero-Romance: Aragonese: fiemo → Spanish: fiemo, fimo ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *femārium Old French: femier → Sicilian: fumeri === Noun === fimum accusative singular of fimus === References === “fimum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.