gnomus

Not attested classically. Coined in the plural by Paracelsus in the early Renaissance era, possibly from a compound of Ancient Greek γῆ (gê, “earth”) and νομός (nomós, “dwelling”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡno.mus/, [ˈŋnɔmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɲo.mus/, [ˈɲɔːmus]

gnomus m (genitive gnomī); second declension

1. A gnome, a creature corresponding to the pygmies of ancient Greece.

Second-declension noun.