hymnus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕμνος (húmnos).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhym.nus/, [ˈhʏm.nʊs]

Noun

hymnus m (genitive hymnī); second declension

  1. hymn; a song of praise

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative hymnus hymnī
Genitive hymnī hymnōrum
Dative hymnō hymnīs
Accusative hymnum hymnōs
Ablative hymnō hymnīs
Vocative hymne hymnī
  • hymnidicus
  • hymniō
  • hymnisonus
  • hymnīzō
  • hymnōdicus
  • hymnologus

Descendants

References
  • hymnus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • hymnus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • hymnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • hymnus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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