tarmes

Danish

Noun

tarmes c

  1. genitive plural indefinite of tarm

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn”). Compare Ancient Greek τερηδών (terēdṓn, “woodworm”) and Lithuanian trandẽ (“maggot”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtar.mes/, [ˈtar.mɛs]

Noun

tarmes m (genitive tarmitis); third declension

  1. a worm that eats wood; a woodworm
Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tarmes tarmitēs
Genitive tarmitis tarmitum
Dative tarmitī tarmitibus
Accusative tarmitem tarmitēs
Ablative tarmite tarmitibus
Vocative tarmes tarmitēs
Descendants

References
  • tarmes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tarmes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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