hiems

== Latin == === Alternative forms === hiemps (usual but advised against by analogist grammarians) hyems === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *hiem-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéyōm or similar. Cognate with Ancient Greek χιών (khiṓn, “snow”), χεῖμα (kheîma, “winter, storm”), χειμών (kheimṓn, “winter, storm”), Persian زمستان (zemestân), Albanian dimër, Welsh gaeaf, Sanskrit हिम (himá), Hittite 𒄀𒈠𒀭 (gi-ma-an /⁠giman⁠/), Armenian ձմեռ (jmeṙ), and Proto-Slavic *zima. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhi.ɛmps] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈiː.ems] Note the epenthesis of the homorganic stop [p] required to maintain the place of articulation of the stem-final /m/, as also in sūmpsī, temptō etc. === Noun === hiems f (genitive hiemis); third declension winter Synonyms: brūma, (Late Latin) hībernum storm, stormy weather, tempest Synonyms: procella, imber, tempestās ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== hībernum ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “hiems”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “hiems”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "hiems", 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) “hiems”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.