tomus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “section, roll of papyrus, volume”), from τέμνω (témnō, “I cut, separate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈto.mus/, [ˈt̪ɔmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈto.mus/, [ˈt̪ɔːmus]

Noun

tomus m (genitive tomī); second declension

1. a section of a larger work
2. a volume

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tomus	tomī
Genitive	tomī	tomōrum
Dative	tomō	tomīs
Accusative	tomum	tomōs
Ablative	tomō	tomīs
Vocative	tome	tomī

Descendants

• → French: tome, tomme (learned)
  • → English: tome
  • → Romanian: tom
  • → Russian: том m (tom)
• → Italian: tomo (learned)
• → Polish: tom
• → Portuguese: tomo (learned)
• → Spanish: tomo (learned)

References

• “tomus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tomus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• tomus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• tomas

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *to- + *messus (“measurement, judgement”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoṽus/

Noun

tomus m

1. act of weighing, measuring, considering
2. measure, quantity, amount

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	tomus
Vocative
Accusative			toimsiu
Genitive	toimseo
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• toimsid
• toimside

Descendants

• Irish: tomhas
• Scottish Gaelic: tomhas

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
tomus	thomus	tomus pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tomus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Turkmen

Noun

tomus (definite accusative tomusy, plural tomuslar)

1. summer

Declension

Declension of tomus

	singular	plural
nominative	tomus	tomuslar
accusative	tomusy	tomuslary
genitive	tomusyň	tomuslaryň
dative	tomusa	tomuslara
locative	tomusda	tomuslarda
ablative	tomusdan	tomuslardan

Synonyms

• ýaý

Further reading

• “tomus” in Webonary.org