hiems

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéyōm. Cognate with Ancient Greek χιών (khiṓn, snow), χεῖμα (kheîma, snow), χειμών (kheimṓn, snow), Persian زمستان (zemestān), Albanian dimër, Welsh gaeaf, Sanskrit हिम (himá), Hittite 𒄀𒈠𒀭 (gi-ma-an /giman/), Armenian ձմեռ (jmeṙ), and Proto-Slavic *zima.

Pronunciation

Noun

hiems f (genitive hiemis); third declension

  1. winter

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative hiems hiemēs
Genitive hiemis hiemum
Dative hiemī hiemibus
Accusative hiemem hiemēs
Ablative hieme hiemibus
Vocative hiems hiemēs

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References

  • hiems in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • hiems in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hiems in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • hiems in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • in the height of summer, depth of winter: summa aestate, hieme
    • winter is at hand: hiems subest
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