tarmes

== Danish == === Noun === tarmes c indefinite genitive plural of tarm == Latin == === Alternative forms === termes *tarmus (Vulgar Latin) === Etymology === Despite an unusual suffix, apparently from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn”), thereby cognate with Ancient Greek τερηδών (terēdṓn, “woodworm”) and possibly Lithuanian trandẽ (“maggot”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtar.mɛs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtar.mes] === Noun === tarmes m (genitive tarmitis); third declension a worm that eats wood; a woodworm ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Vulgar Latin: *tărmus, *tărma Italian: tarlo, tarma === References === “tarmes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “tarmes”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.