pomus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *poomos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂po-h₁ém-os (“taken off”), from *h₂epo (“off”) (whence po-) + *h₁em- (“take”) (whence emō). Compare the same semantic development in Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós). === Noun === pōmus f (genitive pōmī); second declension fruit fruit tree ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== pōmum ==== Descendants ==== See pōmum. === References === === Further reading === “pomus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “pomus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "pomus", 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) “pomus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.