duum
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See also: duûm
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
An inflected form of duo (“two”) from Old Latin, where the use of -um instead of -ōrum (cf. Latin duōrum) at the end of second-declension nouns was an archaic feature.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdu.um/, [ˈd̪uʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdu.um/, [ˈd̪uːum]
Numeral[edit]
duum
- genitive masculine of duo
- 3rd century BCE, Gnaeus Naevius, Tarentilla:
- Salvi et fortunati sitis duo duum nostrum patres!
- Good day, good luck to you, the two fathers of us two!
- genitive neuter of duo
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Sundanese[edit]
Verb[edit]
duum