simus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σιμός (simós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.mus/, [ˈs̠iːmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.mus/, [ˈsiːmus]

Adjective

sīmus (feminine sīma, neuter sīmum); first/second-declension adjective

1. snub-nosed
2. flattened, splayed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sīmus	sīma	sīmum		sīmī	sīmae	sīma
Genitive	sīmī	sīmae	sīmī		sīmōrum	sīmārum	sīmōrum
Dative	sīmō		sīmō		sīmīs
Accusative	sīmum	sīmam	sīmum		sīmōs	sīmās	sīma
Ablative	sīmō	sīmā	sīmō		sīmīs
Vocative	sīme	sīma	sīmum		sīmī	sīmae	sīma

Derived terms

• sīmia
• sīmius
• sīmō

Verb

sīmus

1. first-person plural present active subjunctive of sum

References

• “simus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “simus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• simus 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)
• simus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “simus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “simus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Salar

Adjective

simus

1. Alternative spelling of semiz.