nemus

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *némos. Cognate with Ancient Greek νέμος (némos), Sanskrit नमस् (námas).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈne.mus/, [ˈnɛmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈne.mus/, [ˈnɛːmus]

Noun

nemus n (genitive nemoris); third declension

1. A grove or a glade
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.9–10:

     est nemus arboribus dēnsum, sēcrētus ab omnī
     vōce locus, sī nōn obstreperētur aquīs

     [There] is a grove, dense with trees, a place secluded from every sound, if it were not being disturbed by waters.

2. a pasture
3. (poetic) wood
4. (poetic) a tree

References

• “nemus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nemus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nemus 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)
• nemus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary

Anagrams

• mensu

Etymology

From Arabic نَامُوس (nāmūs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛˈmuːs/

Noun

nemus m (collective, singulative nemusa, plural nwiemes, paucal nemusiet)

1. mosquito, mosquitos
2. fruitfly, fruitflies