umerus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === humerus (rare in Classical texts) === Etymology === From *h₂omes- (“shoulder”), a variant vocalism of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓms (“shoulder”), by rhotacism. Cognates include Ancient Greek ὦμος (ômos), Sanskrit अंस (áṃsa), and Gothic 𐌰𐌼𐍃 (ams). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈʊ.mɛ.rʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈuː.me.rus] === Noun === umerus m (genitive umerī); second declension (anatomy) the humerus bone shoulder (especially of a human) (of the middle part of a thing) back, ridge of mountain ridges of trees or plants of a country the shoulders (when speaking of a burden) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “umerus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “umerus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “umerus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “hŭmĕrus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 510